אֱלִישָׁע
ʼĔlîyshâʻ · el-ee-shaw'
Elisha, the famous prophet
Lexicon
Derivation: contracted for H474 (אֱלִישׁוּעַ).;
Elisha, the famous prophet
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Elisha.
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
- 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 › to see and know
Strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works that works to consume, to destroy that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֱלִישָׁע 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
58 occurrences · 58 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and elisha17 · 29%
- of elisha7 · 12%
- elisha5 · 9%
- unto elisha5 · 9%
- that elisha4 · 7%
- to elisha2 · 3%
- but elisha2 · 3%
- shall elisha1 · 2%
- with elisha1 · 2%
- unto him, elisha1 · 2%
- from thee. and elisha1 · 2%
- hither and thither: and elisha1 · 2%
- on elisha1 · 2%
- here is elisha1 · 2%
- and when elisha1 · 2%
- and it was so, when elisha1 · 2%
- to him, elisha1 · 2%
- then elisha1 · 2%
- whom elisha1 · 2%
- from elisha1 · 2%
- now elisha1 · 2%
- upon it: and elisha1 · 2%
- it. then elisha1 · 2%
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.