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Elishah

אֱלִישָׁהStrong’s H0473

elishah (e-li-shah)

Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Elishah is the Hebrew word usually translated “elishah”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.”
Genesis 10:4 KJV
Meaning
  1. A man of the Greeks living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.4
How it's translated
  • elishah 3

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 1
  • 1 Chronicles 1
  • Ezekiel 1

3 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

אֱלִישָׁה elishah · Elishah

A man of the Greeks living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.4; son of: Javan (H3120); brother of: Tarshish (H8659), Kittim (H3794) and Dodanim (H1721) § Elishah = "God of the coming (one)" descendant of Noah, son of Javan; perhaps ancestor of the Aeolians

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.