September, Dictionary of the Bible.

E-leazar.— One of David’s heroes also bore this name; one it is said, “of the three mightiest’ He valiantly withstood the Philistines in a great emergency, and drove them back; also, along with two others, broke through the host of the Philistines, at the hazard of life, to fetch David a draft of water from the well of Bethlehem (1 Chron. 11:11-1811And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time. 12And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties. 13He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. 14And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the Lord saved them by a great deliverance. 15Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. 16And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem. 17And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate! 18And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the Lord, (1 Chronicles 11:11‑18); 2 Sam. 23:99And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away: (2 Samuel 23:9)).
Elect, Election. — The terms are variously used in Scripture. They denote designation of persons to office (Acts 9:1515But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: (Acts 9:15); John 6:7070Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? (John 6:70); 1 Sam. 10:2424And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king. (1 Samuel 10:24)); of people or nations to the enjoyment of peculiar privileges, as in the case of the Jews (Deut. 7:6-86For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. 7The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: 8But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. (Deuteronomy 7:6‑8); Isa. 65:9-229And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there. 10And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. 11But ye are they that forsake the Lord, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number. 12Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not. 13Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: 14Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. 15And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name: 16That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes. 17For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. 18But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. 19And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying. 20There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed. 21And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 22They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. (Isaiah 65:9‑22)). In the New Testament, election is mostly connected with individuals who are members of the body of Christ, and are spoken of as the Church of God (Matt. 24:22, 24, 3122And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. (Matthew 24:22)
24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. (Matthew 24:24)
31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. (Matthew 24:31); Mark 13:20, 22, 2720And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. (Mark 13:20)
22For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. (Mark 13:22)
27And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. (Mark 13:27); Luke 18:77And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? (Luke 18:7); Rom. 8:3333Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. (Romans 8:33); Rom. 9:11; 11:5, 7, 2811(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) (Romans 9:11)
5Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. (Romans 11:5)
7What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded (Romans 11:7)
28As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. (Romans 11:28); Col. 3:1212Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; (Colossians 3:12); 2 Tim. 2:1010Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. (2 Timothy 2:10); Titus 1:11Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; (Titus 1:1); 1 Peter 1:22Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. (1 Peter 1:2); 2 John,13; 1 Thess. 1:44Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. (1 Thessalonians 1:4).
El’-elohe-Israel (God the God of Israel). — A name given by Jacob to the altar which he erected to God on his return to the land of Canaan, shortly after he had received the name of Israel. The El at the beginning designates God as the strong and mighty One, who can do whatever seems good to Him, and who, in the recent experience of Jacob, had peculiarly manifested His power in overcoming the deep-rooted enmity of Esau. In memory of this signal deliverance, and of the goodness of God, he erected this altar to the Mighty One, the God of Israel (Gen. 33:2020And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel. (Genesis 33:20)).
Elements, in the primary sense, are parts of the physical universe, viz., fire, air, earth, and water. The term is used in this sense in 2 Peter 3:10, 12,10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. (2 Peter 3:10)
12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? (2 Peter 3:12) where, in reference to the final close of things, it is said that “the elements shall melt with fervent heat.” It is also used figuratively to describe the state of the people of God in the Old Testament dispensation, before the Lord Jesus Christ suffered on the cross, and by His one offering perfected forever all that love His holy name (Gal. 4:3,53Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: (Galatians 4:3)
5To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. (Galatians 4:5)).
Elhanan (God-endowed). — Son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite; “slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam” (2 Sam. 21:1919And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. (2 Samuel 21:19)).
Eli (in Hebrew probably means ascension, height). — A priest and judge of Israel (1 Sam. 1). He judged Israel forty years. His character is presented to us as one of mingled excellences and weaknesses. This is evident from the general recognition of his title to the place of a judge in Israel, and also from the deep concern he manifested in his old age for the ark of God, trembling for it in the first instance, and then, when he heard of its surrender into the hands of the enemy, falling paralyzed from the seat upon which he sat, and breaking his neck. But this earnestness was conjoined with a melancholy and most culpable slackness in the management of his own family, practices being systematically carried on by his two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, within the very precincts of the sanctuary, which ought to have been instantly, and with the firmest determination, repressed. Eli contented himself with asking them, “Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by this people. Nay, my sons, for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord’s people to transgress” (1 Sam. 2:23, 2423And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. 24Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord's people to transgress. (1 Samuel 2:23‑24)). But this was all; even after the most solemn reproofs and warnings, first by a man of God, and then through a vision and dream communicated to the child Samuel, he appears to have taken no effective measures against the evil. It was expressly on this account that judgment fell so heavily on the house of Israel. Parents often bring much grief on themselves by allowing sin to proceed unchecked; this is not only displeasing to God, but cruel to their children. God’s word to Eli should warn them against such sad neglect.
Eliab (God for Father). — A leader of the tribe of Zebulun (Num. 1:99Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. (Numbers 1:9)).