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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

ASV (57)

and elisha 18

and it was so, when elisha 1

and when elisha 1

as elisha 1

but elisha 2

elisha 5

from elisha 1

from thee. and elisha 1

hither and thither; and elisha 1

it. then elisha 1

near to elisha 1

now elisha 2

of elisha 7

on elisha 1

shall elisha 1

that elisha 3

to elisha 1

to him, elisha 1

unto elisha 5

unto him, elisha 1

whom elisha 1

with elisha 1

BSB (58)

and elisha 9

as elisha 1

but elisha 1

by elisha 1

did elisha 1

elisha 26

elisha, however 1

into elisha''s 1

now elisha 3

of elisha 4

of elisha''s 1

then elisha 5

when elisha 4

CSB (58)

elisha 54

elisha's 4

ESV (58)

elisha 57

elisha's 1

KJV (58)

elisha 58

LEB (58)

and elisha 3

as ⌊elisha 1

did elisha 1

elisha 40

now elisha 2

of elisha 1

so elisha 1

that elisha 1

then elisha 6

when elisha 1

while elisha 1

LSB (58)

elisha 58

N95 (58)

elisha 58

NAS (58)

elisha 57

elisha's 1

NLT (0)

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

WEB (58)

as elisha 1

but elisha 2

elisha 23

from elisha 1

near to elisha 1

now elisha 2

of elisha 7

on elisha 1

that elisha 3

to elisha 6

when elisha 1

whom elisha 1

with elisha 1

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‘