473. Elishah
Strong's Lexicon
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

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root אֵל (El, meaning "God") and יָשַׁע (yasha, meaning "to save" or "to deliver")

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for Elishah in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a proper noun specific to the Hebrew text. However, the Greek Septuagint transliterates the name as Ελισά (Elisa).

Usage: Elishah is a proper noun used in the Hebrew Bible to refer to a person or people group. The name Elishah is often interpreted to mean "God is salvation" or "God saves." It is primarily used to denote a descendant of Javan, who was a son of Japheth, one of Noah's sons.

Cultural and Historical Background: Elishah is mentioned in the Table of Nations in Genesis 10, which outlines the descendants of Noah's sons and the nations that emerged from them after the flood. Elishah is traditionally associated with the ancient maritime people and regions in the Mediterranean, possibly linked to the Aeolians or other groups in the Aegean Sea area. This connection suggests a historical context of trade and cultural exchange between the Israelites and these maritime peoples.

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).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Elishah

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

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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