אֱלִישָׁמָע
ʼĔlîyshâmâʻ · el-ee-shaw-maw'
Elishama, the name of seven Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H410 (אֵל) and H8085 (שָׁמַע); God of hearing;
Elishama, the name of seven Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Elishama.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works › to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to see and know
Strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works that works to consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֱלִישָׁמָע above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- elishama4 · 24%
- of elishama4 · 24%
- and elishama3 · 18%
- shall be elishama1 · 6%
- was elishama1 · 6%
- also, and elishama1 · 6%
- and with them elishama1 · 6%
- there, even elishama1 · 6%
- it out of elishama1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.