Eliphaz

[ el-uh-faz ]

noun

1. (in the Bible) a son of Esau and Adah.
2. (in the Bible) a friend of Job.

Example Sentences

Job’s extraordinarily annoying three friends— Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zopjhar the Naamathite—are all intent upon proving to Job that, although he protests his innocence, the calamities that befall him must have happened because, somewhere, lurking behind his innocent exterior, there is an awful secret.

From Wall Street Journal

No sooner was he laid down upon the bed, and composed to sleep, than the words of Eliphaz were verified in his experience—"In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon man, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake," for he dreamed a frightful dream.

From Project Gutenberg

Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar were the friends of Job; and he told them rather uncivilly, I think, that they were miserable comforters.

From Project Gutenberg

And so has Eliphaz Green—I always knew he was tricky!

From Project Gutenberg

Eliphaz nodded his head, whirring his wheelwork louder.

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