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Lexicon :: Strong's H473 - 'ĕlîšâ

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אֱלִישָׁה
Transliteration
'ĕlîšâ
Pronunciation
el-ee-shaw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of foreign derivation
Strong’s Definitions

אֱלִישָׁה ʼĔlîyshâh, el-ee-shaw'; probably of foreign derivation; Elishah, a son of Javan:—Elishah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H473 in the following manner: Elishah (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H473 in the following manner: Elishah (3x).

  1. Elishah = "God of the coming (one)"

    1. descendant of Noah, son of Javan; perhaps ancestor of the Aeolians

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֱלִישָׁה ʼĔlîyshâh, el-ee-shaw'; probably of foreign derivation; Elishah, a son of Javan:—Elishah.
STRONGS H473: Abbreviations
† אֲלִישָׁה proper name, of a location as son of Javan Genesis 10:4; 1 Chronicles 1:7; אִיֵּי א׳ Ezekiel 27:7 (Aeolis Josephus Jerome Kn; H. DerenbourgMélanges Graux, 235 f (English translation Hebraica. Oct. 1887, 7); Hellas TargumJon etc., LenOrig. ii. 2. 34 f; Italy, with Sicily, compare מְדִינַת אִיטַלְיָא Targum Ezek, Di Genesis 10:4; Carthage = Elissa, StaDe Populo Javan, 8 f; EMeyGeschichte i. § 282; decision difficult; last view very attractive).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:4; 10:4

1 Chronicles

1:7

Ezekiel

27:7

H473

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Strong's Number H473 matches the Hebrew אֱלִישָׁה ('ĕlîšâ),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:4 - The descendants of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:7 - The descendants of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7 - Your sails were made of Egypt’s finest linen,
and they flew as a banner above you.
You stood beneath blue and purple awnings
made bright with dyes from the coasts of Elishah.
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