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ELIASHIB.—1. The high priest who was contemporary with Nehemiah. He was son of Joiakim, grandson of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, the contemporary of Zerubbabel (Neh_12:10, Ezr_3:1), and father of Joiada (Neh_12:10; Neh_13:28). He assisted in the rebuilding of the walls of Jerus, during Nehemiah’s governorship (Neh_3:1). He can have had no sympathy with the exclusive policy of Ezra and Nehemiah, for both he himself and members of his family allied themselves with the leading foreign opponents of Nehemiah. See Joiada, No. 2, Tobiah, and Sanballat. 2. A singer of the time of Ezra, who had married a foreign wife (Ezr_10:24); called in 1Es_9:24 Eliasibus. 3. An Israelite of the family of Zattu (Ezr_10:27; in 1Es_9:28 Eliasimus); and 4. another of the family of Bani (Ezr_10:36; called in 1Es_9:34 Enasibus), who had married foreign wives. 5. A son of Elioenai (1Ch_3:24). 6. The name of a priestly house (1Ch_24:12). 7. Father of Jehohanan, to whose chamber in the Temple Ezra resorted (Ezr_10:6); possibly identical with No. 1.