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Lexicon :: Strong's H477 - 'ĕlîšāʿ

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אֱלִישָׁע
Transliteration
'ĕlîšāʿ
Pronunciation
el-ee-shaw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אֱלִישָׁע ʼĔlîyshâʻ, el-ee-shaw'; contracted for H474.; Elisha, the famous prophet:—Elisha.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x

The KJV translates Strong's H477 in the following manner: Elisha (58x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x
The KJV translates Strong's H477 in the following manner: Elisha (58x).

  1. Elisha = "God is salvation"

    1. the great prophet who succeeded Elijah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֱלִישָׁע ʼĔlîyshâʻ, el-ee-shaw'; contracted for H474.; Elisha, the famous prophet:—Elisha.
STRONGS H477: Abbreviations
† אֱלִישָׁע proper name, masculine (God is salvation, compare אֱלִישׁוּעַ, Sabean יתֿעאל DHMZMG 1883, 15) the prophet Elisha, the successor of Elijah 1 Kings 19:16 + 57 times all Kings; Ἐλισα, Ἐλισαιε Greek Version of the LXX; Ἐλισαιος Luke 4:27.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

19:16

Luke

4:27

H477

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H477 matches the Hebrew אֱלִישָׁע ('ĕlîšāʿ),
which occurs 58 times in 52 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (1Ki 19:16–2Ki 13:17)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:16 - You must anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to take your place as prophet.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:17 - Jehu will kill anyone who escapes Hazael's sword, and Elisha will kill anyone who escapes Jehu's sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:19 - Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen; he was near the twelfth pair. Elijah passed by him and threw his robe over him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:1 - Just before the LORD took Elijah up to heaven in a windstorm, Elijah and Elisha were traveling from Gilgal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:2 - Elijah told Elisha, "Stay here, for the LORD has sent me to Bethel." But Elisha said, "As certainly as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So they went down to Bethel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:3 - Some members of the prophetic guild in Bethel came out to Elisha and said, "Do you know that today the LORD is going to take your master from you?" He answered, "Yes, I know. Be quiet."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:4 - Elijah said to him, "Elisha, stay here, for the LORD has sent me to Jericho." But he replied, "As certainly as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So they went to Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:5 - Some members of the prophetic guild in Jericho approached Elisha and said, "Do you know that today the LORD is going to take your master from you?" He answered, "Yes, I know. Be quiet."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:9 - When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, "What can I do for you, before I am taken away from you?" Elisha answered, "May I receive a double portion of the prophetic spirit that energizes you."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:12 - While Elisha was watching, he was crying out, "My father, my father! The chariot and horsemen of Israel!" Then he could no longer see him. He grabbed his clothes and tore them in two.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:14 - He took the cloak that had fallen off Elijah, hit the water with it, and said, "Where is the LORD, THE God of Elijah?" When he hit the water, it divided and Elisha crossed over.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:15 - When the members of the prophetic guild in Jericho, who were standing at a distance, saw him do this, they said, "The spirit that energized Elijah rests upon Elisha." They went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:19 - The men of the city said to Elisha, "Look, the city has a good location, as our master can see. But the water is bad and the land doesn't produce crops."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:22 - The water has been pure to this very day, just as Elisha prophesied.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:11 - Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there no prophet of the LORD here that we might seek the LORD's direction?" One of the servants of the king of Israel answered, "Elisha son of Shapat is here; he used to be Elijah's servant."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:13 - Elisha said to the king of Israel, "Why are you here? Go to your father's prophets or your mother's prophets!" The king of Israel replied to him, "No, for the LORD is the one who summoned these three kings so that he can hand them over to Moab."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:14 - Elisha said, "As certainly as the LORD who rules over all lives (whom I serve), if I did not respect King Jehoshaphat of Judah, I would not pay attention to you or acknowledge you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:1 - Now a wife of one of the prophets appealed to Elisha for help, saying, "Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the LORD. Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2 - Elisha said to her, "What can I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?" She answered, "Your servant has nothing in the house except a small jar of olive oil."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:8 - One day Elisha traveled to Shunem, where a prominent woman lived. She insisted that he stop for a meal. So whenever he was passing through, he would stop in there for a meal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:17 - The woman did conceive, and at the specified time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:32 - When Elisha arrived at the house, there was the child lying dead on his bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:38

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:38 - Now Elisha went back to Gilgal, while there was famine in the land. Some of the prophets were visiting him and he told his servant, "Put the big pot on the fire and boil some stew for the prophets."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:8 - When Elisha the prophet heard that the king had torn his clothes, he sent this message to the king, "Why did you tear your clothes? Send him to me so he may know there is a prophet in Israel."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:9 - So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood in the doorway of Elisha's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:10 - Elisha sent out a messenger who told him, "Go and wash seven times in the Jordan; your skin will be restored and you will be healed."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:20 - Gehazi, the prophet Elisha's servant, thought, "Look, my master did not accept what this Syrian Naaman offered him. As certainly as the LORD lives, I will run after him and accept something from him."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:25 - When he came and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, "Where have you been, Gehazi?" He answered, "Your servant hasn't been anywhere."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:1 - Some of the prophets said to Elisha, "Look, the place where we meet with you is too cramped for us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:12 - One of his advisers said, "No, my master, O king. The prophet Elisha who lives in Israel keeps telling the king of Israel the things you say in your bedroom."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:17 - Then Elisha prayed, "O LORD, open his eyes so he can see." The LORD opened the servant's eyes and he saw that the hill was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:18 - As they approached him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, "Strike these people with blindness." The LORD struck them with blindness as Elisha requested.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:19 - Then Elisha said to them, "This is not the right road or city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you're looking for." He led them to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:20 - When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, "O LORD, open their eyes, so they can see." The LORD opened their eyes and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:21 - When the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, "Should I strike them down, my master?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:31 - Then he said, "May God judge me severely if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32 - Now Elisha was sitting in his house with the community leaders. The king sent a messenger on ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the leaders, "Do you realize this assassin intends to cut off my head?" Look, when the messenger arrives, shut the door and lean against it. His master will certainly be right behind him."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1 - Elisha replied, "Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says, 'About this time tomorrow a seah of finely milled flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:1 - Now Elisha advised the woman whose son he had brought back to life, "You and your family should go and live somewhere else for a while, for the LORD has decreed that a famine will overtake the land for seven years."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:4 - Now the king was talking to Gehazi, the prophet's servant, and said, "Tell me all the great things which Elisha has done."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:5 - While Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life, the woman whose son he had brought back to life came to ask the king for her house and field. Gehazi said, "My master, O king, this is the very woman and this is her son whom Elisha brought back to life!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:7 - Elisha traveled to Damascus while King Ben Hadad of Syria was sick. The king was told, "The prophet has come here."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:10 - Elisha said to him, "Go and tell him, 'You will surely recover,' but the LORD has revealed to me that he will surely die."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:13 - Hazael said, "How could your servant, who is as insignificant as a dog, accomplish this great military victory?" Elisha answered, "The LORD has revealed to me that you will be the king of Syria."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:14 - He left Elisha and went to his master. Ben Hadad asked him, "What did Elisha tell you?" Hazael replied, "He told me you would surely recover."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:1 - Now Elisha the prophet summoned a member of the prophetic guild and told him, "Tuck your robes into your belt, take this container of olive oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:14 - Now Elisha had a terminal illness. King Joash of Israel went down to visit him. He wept before him and said, "My father, my father! The chariot and horsemen of Israel!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:15 - Elisha told him, "Take a bow and some arrows," and he did so.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:16 - Then Elisha told the king of Israel, "Aim the bow." He did so, and Elisha placed his hands on the king's hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:17 - Elisha said, "Open the east window," and he did so. Elisha said, "Shoot!" and he did so. Elisha said, "This arrow symbolizes the victory the LORD will give you over Syria. You will annihilate Syria in Aphek!"

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