Elihu
E92034
Elihu is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "He is my God."
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elihu canonical | 11 |
| Elihu (biblical figure in the Book of Job) | 1 |
| Elihu (biblical) | 1 |
| Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T780145 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elihu Context triple: [Elihu Thomson, givenName, Elihu]
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A.
Habakkuk
Habakkuk is a prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, attributed to the prophet Habakkuk, that wrestles with questions of divine justice and faith amid suffering.
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B.
Enoch
Enoch is a biblical and Qur’anic prophet revered for his exceptional piety and, in many traditions, for being taken up by God without experiencing death.
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C.
Elisha
Elisha is the given first name of former NFL quarterback Eli Manning, who led the New York Giants to two Super Bowl championships.
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D.
Heman the Ezrahite
Heman the Ezrahite is a biblical figure traditionally regarded as the wise author of Psalm 88 and noted for his exceptional wisdom in the Old Testament.
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E.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elihu Target entity description: Elihu is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "He is my God."
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A.
Habakkuk
Habakkuk is a prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, attributed to the prophet Habakkuk, that wrestles with questions of divine justice and faith amid suffering.
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B.
Enoch
Enoch is a biblical and Qur’anic prophet revered for his exceptional piety and, in many traditions, for being taken up by God without experiencing death.
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C.
Elisha
Elisha is the given first name of former NFL quarterback Eli Manning, who led the New York Giants to two Super Bowl championships.
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D.
Heman the Ezrahite
Heman the Ezrahite is a biblical figure traditionally regarded as the wise author of Psalm 88 and noted for his exceptional wisdom in the Old Testament.
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E.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew given name
ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ given name ⓘ human ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Book of Job ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Nobel Peace Prize ⓘ |
| category |
Hebrew masculine given names
ⓘ
Theophoric given names ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Hebrew elements meaning "He is my God" ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| givenName |
Elihu
ⓘ
Elihu ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Elihu (biblical figure in the Book of Job)
ⓘ
linked to:
Elihu
Elihu Root ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Elihu (biblical)
ⓘ
linked to:
Elihu
Eliyahu ⓘ
linked to:
אֵלִיָּהוּ
|
| languageOfOrigin | Hebrew ⓘ |
| meaning | He is my God ⓘ |
| notableFor |
serving as United States Secretary of State
ⓘ
serving as United States Secretary of War ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Christian communities
ⓘ
Jewish communities ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Elihu Description of subject: Elihu is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "He is my God."
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.