(Eli·o·eʹnai) [shortened form of Elieho-enai].

1. A son of Neariah and a descendant of King Solomon. Elioenai was the father of Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani.​—1Ch 3:10, 23, 24.

2. A chieftain of the tribe of Simeon.​—1Ch 4:24, 36-38.

3. A son of Becher and a descendant of Benjamin.​—1Ch 7:6, 8.

4. A priest of “the sons of Pashhur” among those heeding Ezra’s exhortation to send their foreign wives away.​—Ezr 2:36, 38; 10:18, 19, 22.

5. A descendant of Zattu. Elioenai was among those dismissing their foreign wives in Ezra’s time.​—Ezr 10:27, 44.

6. One of the priests with trumpets who were in the procession arranged for by Nehemiah at the inauguration of the wall of Jerusalem.​—Ne 12:27, 31, 40, 41.