Person Old Testament
Eliashib
Eliashib was an Israelite who married a foreign woman during the time of Ezra's reforms. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Ezra 10:27.
Why it matters. Israelite who married a foreign woman during Ezra's time
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Eliashib
Eliashib is mentioned in Ezr.10.27 as one of the descendants of Zattu who had married foreign women. During the time of Ezra, many Israelites had intermarried with the pagan inhabitants of the land. Ezra called for a reform, urging those who had married foreign wives to separate from them. Eliashib was among the Israelites who had taken foreign wives, contrary to God's law. As part of the reform, Eliashib and the other Israelites pledged to put away their foreign wives and children.
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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Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Ezra (1 verse)