473. Elishah
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Elishah: Elishah

Original Word: אֱלִישָׁה
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Eliyshah
Pronunciation: eh-lee-SHAH
Phonetic Spelling: (el-ee-shaw')
Definition: Elishah
Meaning: Elishah

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Elishah

Probably of foreign derivation; Elishah, a son of Javan -- Elishah.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of foreign origin
Definition
a son of Javan, also his desc. and their land
NASB Translation
Elishah (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
אֲלִישָׁה proper name, of a location as son of Javan Genesis 10:4; 1 Chronicles 1:7; ׳אִיֵּי א Ezekiel 27:7 (Aeolis Josephus Jerome Kn; H. DerenbourgMélanges Graux, 235 f (English translation Hebraica. Oct. 1887, 7); Hellas ᵑ7Jon etc., LenOrig. ii. 2. 34 f; Italy, with Sicily, compare מְדִינַת אִיטַלְיָא ᵑ7 Ezek, Di Genesis 10:4; Carthage = Elissa, StaDe Populo Javan, 8 f; EMeyGeschichte i. § 282; decision difficult; last view very attractive).

I. [אלל] (to be weak or insufficient, assumed in Thes as root of אֱלִיל (as also of אַל): compare Arabic to fail in a thing).

Topical Lexicon
Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew words אֵל (El, meaning "God") and יֵשַׁע (yesha, meaning "salvation" or "saves").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct corresponding Strong's Greek entries for Elishah, as it is a proper noun specific to the Hebrew genealogical context. However, the concept of "salvation" related to the name can be linked to Greek words such as σωτηρία (soteria, meaning "salvation") and σωτήρ (soter, meaning "savior"), which are used in the New Testament to describe the saving work of God through Jesus Christ.

Usage: Elishah is used as a proper noun in the Hebrew Bible, specifically as a name.

Context: Elishah is mentioned in the genealogical records of the descendants of Noah. He is identified as the son of Javan, who was a son of Japheth, one of Noah's three sons. Elishah is traditionally associated with the region or people known as the "Elishah," which some scholars suggest may refer to a group or territory in the Mediterranean, possibly linked to the ancient Greeks or the region of Cyprus. The mention of Elishah in the Bible is found in Genesis 10:4, which is part of the Table of Nations, a passage that outlines the descendants of Noah's sons and their spread across the earth after the flood. The Berean Standard Bible (BSB) translates Genesis 10:4 as follows: "The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites." This passage highlights Elishah as part of the lineage that contributed to the spread of various peoples and cultures in the ancient world.

Forms and Transliterations
אֱלִישָׁ֖ה אֱלִישָׁ֣ה אלישה ’ĕ·lî·šāh ’ĕlîšāh eliShah
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Englishman's Concordance
Genesis 10:4
HEB: וּבְנֵ֥י יָוָ֖ן אֱלִישָׁ֣ה וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישׁ כִּתִּ֖ים
NAS: of Javan [were] Elishah and Tarshish,
KJV: of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish,
INT: the sons of Javan Elishah and Tarshish Kittim

1 Chronicles 1:7
HEB: וּבְנֵ֥י יָוָ֖ן אֱלִישָׁ֣ה וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישָׁה כִּתִּ֖ים
NAS: of Javan [were] Elishah, Tarshish,
KJV: of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish,
INT: the sons of Javan Elishah Tarshish Kittim

Ezekiel 27:7
HEB: וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן מֵאִיֵּ֥י אֱלִישָׁ֖ה הָיָ֥ה מְכַסֵּֽךְ׃
NAS: from the coastlands of Elishah.
KJV: from the isles of Elishah was that which covered
INT: and purple the coastlands of Elishah became your awning

3 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 473
3 Occurrences


’ĕ·lî·šāh — 3 Occ.















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