Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(God is His). (1) A forefather of Samuel (1 Sam. 1:1). (2) Eldest brother of David (1 Chron. 27:18). (3) A captain of Manasseh (1 Chron. 12:20). (4) A Levite door-keeper (1 Chron. 26:7). (5) One of Job’s friends (Job 32:2).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
1. Son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram. He is introduced abruptly in the history of Job. He was young and had not spoken until Job and his three friends had ceased. His wrath was kindled against Job because he justified himself rather than God, and against his three friends because they had condemned Job though they had not understood his case. The purport of Elihu’s address is that God acts in grace and blessing to deliver man from evil, and to chastise and break him down. Job was a righteous man, but needed God’s discipline (Job 32-36).
2. Son of Tohu, and ancestor of Samuel (1 Sam. 1:1). Apparently called both ELIAB and ELIEL in 1 Chronicles 6:27, 34.
3. One of the captains of the thousands of Manasseh who resorted to David at Ziklag (1 Chron. 12:20).
4. Son of Shemaiah, a Korhite of the family of Obed-edom, a valiant man and one of the door-keepers (1 Chron. 26:7).
5. Brother of David, made ruler in Judah (1 Chron. 27:18). Perhaps the same as ELIAB, No. 3.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Transliteration:
’Eliyhuw
Meaning:
or (fully) dEliyhuwh {el-ee-hoo'}; from 410 and 1931; God of him; Elihu, the name of one of Job's friends, and of three Israelites
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
God of him: my God is Jehovah
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
God he is:―name of one of Job’s friends, and of three Israelites [JEHU], 1 Sam. 1:1. {Deus ille est}