Meaning
Elizaphan el-i-za'-fan, e-liz'-a-fan ('elitsaphan; Septuagint Eleisaphan, Elisaphan, Elisapa, Elisaphat, "God has protected; compare tsephanyah, Zephaniah, "Yah has protected," and the Phoenician, tsephanba`al, Baal has protected"):
(1) The son of Uzziel, the son of Kohath, and so a prince of the Levitical class of the Kohathites (Num 3:30, 1Ch 15:8, 2Ch 29:13). but in 1Ch 15:8, 2Ch 29:13 his class seems to be coordinate with that of the Kohathites. He is called Elzaphan in Exo 6:22, Lev 10:4.
(2) A "prince" or chief of Zebulun, who represented that tribe in the division of the land (Nu 34:25). Walter R. Betteridge
