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Tishbite
Morrish Bible Dictionary
Designation of Elisha. 1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 21:17,28; 2 Kings 1:3,8; 2 Kings 9:36 . The LXX in 1 Kings 17 has "the Thesbite of Thesbæ of Galaad." Josephus has "of Thesbon, a country in Gilead," probably copied from the LXX. No such place is known. Some suppose the word to signify 'the stranger.'
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Morrish, George. Entry for 'Tishbite'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/mbd/t/tishbite.html. 1897.