ELIZAPHAN ĕl’ ə zā’ făn (אֶלִיצָפָ֖נ֒, God has protected). A Heb. masculine proper name. 1. The son of Uzziel a Levite, a chief of the Kohathites who is described in Numbers 3:29, 30 as “the head of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites,” whose responsibility was to take care of the Ark, the table, the lampstand and the vessels of the sanctuary, etc. (cf. 1 Chron 15:8; 2 Chron 29:13). An alternate form of his name is Elzaphan (Exod 6:22; Lev 10:4); the name remains the same, but contains a shorter form of deity element El for the more archaic ’Elî.

2. The son of Parnach, a leader from the tribe of Zebulun, who assisted Moses in dividing the land into future inheritance portions for each tribe (Num 34:25).