Person Old Testament
Eleadah
Also known as Eleadah =ESV, NIV; Eladah =KJV
Eleadah was a son of Ephraim and an ancestor of Joshua. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 7:20.
Why it matters. Son of Ephraim, ancestor of Joshua
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Eleadah
Eleadah is briefly mentioned in 1Ch.7.20 as a son of Ephraim, the son of Joseph. He is listed among the descendants of Ephraim, who was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Eleadah is significant as an ancestor of Joshua, the prominent leader who succeeded Moses and led the Israelites into the Promised Land.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
1 Chronicles (1 verse)