The origin of the name Eliada is Hebrew
This is how Eliada is written in Hebrew:
אֶלְיָדָע = ‘Elyada`
The biblical meaning of the name Eliada is:
“knowledge of God”
“known by God”
In The Bible:
Eliada was:
- One of David’s sons; according to the lists, the youngest but one of the family born to him after his establishment in Jerusalem. (B.C. after 1033.)
- A mighty man of war, a Benjamite, who led 200,000 of his tribe to the army of Jehoshaphat. (B.C. 945.)*
The name Eliada appears in the (KJV) bible in the following verses:
2 Samuel 5:16
And Elishama, and אֶלְיָדָע (Eliada), and Eliphalet.
1 Chronicles 3:8
And Elishama, and אֶלְיָדָע (Eliada), and Eliphelet, nine.
2 Chronicles 17:17
And of Benjamin; אֶלְיָדָע (Eliada) a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.
*Smith’s Bible Dictionary