Eliphaz
Americannoun
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(in the Bible) a son of Esau and Adah.
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(in the Bible) a friend of Job.
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MacLeish makes Zophar a broken-down priest, Eliphaz a wreck of a doctor and Bildad a soapbox-orating Communist.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eliphaz grunted vaguely, and the Shadchan went on triumphantly.
From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Israel Zangwill
When I found out that Engle wanted to buy him, I let Eliphaz crib all day Friday, after he'd been worked, and when I sold him I didn't sell the strap.
From Old Man Curry Race Track Stories by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
Job still wishes he might find God to plead his cause, and, at the end, affirms formally his innocence of the sins with which Eliphaz had charged him.
From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall
Hard-pressed, Eliphaz produced ten sovereigns from his trousers' pocket, and tendered them on account.
From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Israel Zangwill
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