Person Old Testament
Eliphelet
Eliphelet was an Israelite who married a foreign woman during the Babylonian exile. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Ezra 10:33.
Why it matters. An Israelite who married a foreign woman during the exile.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Eliphelet
Eliphelet is listed among the Israelites who had married foreign women during the Babylonian exile (Ezr.10.33). After the return to Jerusalem, Ezra the priest discovered that many of the Israelites, including priests and Levites, had intermarried with the neighboring peoples, which was against God's command. Eliphelet was one of those who had taken a foreign wife. As part of the covenant renewal led by Ezra, Eliphelet and the others agreed to put away their foreign wives to demonstrate their commitment to following God's law. The Bible does not provide any further information about Eliphelet's life, family, or role in the community of the returned exiles.
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)