In the bible, Elioenai is the name of the son of Neariah (1CH 3:23), as well as name of ??? (1CH 4:36), Simeonite (1CH 4:24), son of Becher (1CH 7:8), and son of Pashhur who had married a foreign wife (EZR 10:22)
(and others...)
. Meaning of the name: toward him are mine eyes; or to him are my fountains. Related names are:
Maaseiah,
Jeremoth,
Eliashib (and others ...)
. The translations of Elioenai in 20 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Eljoénaï in French to
Ελιθεναν in Greek!
And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. (1CH 3:23)
And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven. (1CH 3:24)
And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, (1CH 4:36)
And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher. (1CH 7:8)
Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. (1CH 26:3)
And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah. (EZR 10:22)
And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. (EZR 10:27)
And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; (NEH 12:41)