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Oholiab

Oholiab

(O·hoʹli·ab) [Father’s Tent; possibly, Father Is My Tent [that is, protection]].

Chief assistant of Bezalel in constructing the tabernacle; of the tribe of Dan, son of Ahisamach. Oholiab was “a craftsman and embroiderer and weaver in the blue thread and the wool dyed reddish purple and coccus scarlet material and fine linen.”​—Ex 31:6; 35:34; 36:1, 2; 38:23.