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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #477 - אֱלִישָׁע

Transliteration

ʼĔlîyshâʻ

Phonetics

el-ee-shaw'

Origin

contracted for (H474)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Elisha = "God is salvation"
1. the great prophet who succeeded Elijah

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (57)

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 54

BSB (58)

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 55

CSB (58)

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 55

ESV (58)

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 55

KJV (58)

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 55

LEB (58)

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 55

LSB (58)

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 55

N95 (58)

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 55

NAS (58)

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 55

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (58)

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 55

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אֱלִישָׁע proper name, masculine ( God is salvation, compare אֱלִישׁוּעַ, Sabean יתֿעאל DHM^{ZMG 1883,15}) the prophet Elisha, the successor of Elijah 1 Kings 19:16 57t. all Kings; Ἐλισα, Ἐλισαιεᵐ5; Ἐλισαιος Luke 4:27.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אֱלִישָׁע pr.n.m. (for אֱלִייֶשַׁע “to whom God is salvation”), Elisha the prophet, the disciple, companion, and successor of Elijah, famous for many miracles. He flourished in the kingdom of the ten tribes, in the ninth century B. C. 2 Ki. chaps. -213. In N. T. Ἐλισσαῖος, Lu. 4:27.

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List of Word Forms

אֱלִישָֽׁע׃ אֱלִישָׁ֑ע אֱלִישָׁ֔ע אֱלִישָׁ֖ע אֱלִישָׁ֗ע אֱלִישָׁ֛ע אֱלִישָׁ֜ע אֱלִישָׁ֣ע אֱלִישָׁ֣ע ׀ אֱלִישָׁ֤ע אֱלִישָׁ֧ע אֱלִישָׁע֒ אֱלִישָׁע֙ אלישע אלישע׃ וֶֽאֱלִישָׁע֙ וֶאֱלִישָׁ֖ע וֶאֱלִישָׁ֞ע וֶאֱלִישָׁ֡ע וֶאֱלִישָׁ֣ע וֶאֱלִישָׁע֙ ואלישע לֶאֱלִישָֽׁע׃ לאלישע׃ ’ĕ·lî·šā‘ ’ĕlîšā‘ eliSha le’ĕlîšā‘ le·’ĕ·lî·šā‘ leeliSha veeliSha we’ĕlîšā‘ we·’ĕ·lî·šā‘