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(Hebrew Elyehoeynay', אֶלְיַהוֹעֵינִי , toward Jehovah are my eyes), the name of two men. (See ELIOENAI) and (See ELIENAI).

1. (Sept. Ε᾿λιωηναϊ v v.r. Ε᾿λιωναϊ v, Vulg. Elioenai.) The seventh and youngest son of Meshelemiah (q.v.) the Levite, of the time of David (1 Chronicles 26:3, where the name is improperly Anglicized "Elioenai"). B.C. 1043-13.

2. (Sept. Ε᾿λιαανά v.r. Ε᾿λιανά ' , Vulg. Elioenai.) Son of Zerahiah of the "sons of Pahath-Moab," who returned with 200 males from the exile (Ezra 8:4). B.C. 459.