Lexical Definition

‎אֱלִישָׁה‎ ʼĔlîyshâh (el-ee-shaw') Elishah ^N:N-M-P
probably of foreign derivation

Elishah.

• § Elishah = "God of the coming (one)"
• Elishah, a son of Javan

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

Extended Information

name of: כִּתִּי

• Elishah = "God of the coming (one)"
• Another name of kit.ti (‎כ‎ִּ‎ת‎ִּ‎י‎ "Cyprus" כִּתִּי)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֲלִישָׁה‎ proper name, of a location as son of Javan Gen 10:4; 1Chr 1:7 ‎׳‎‎אִיֵּי א‎ Ezek 27:7 (Aeolis Josephus Jerome Kn; H. Derenbourg^{Mélanges Graux, 235 f (English translation Hebraica. Oct. 1887, 7)}; Hellas ᵑ7^Jon etc., Len^{Orig. ii. 2. 34 f}; Italy, with Sicily, compare ‎מְדִינַת אִיטַלְיָא‎ ᵑ7 Ezek, Di Gen 10:4 Carthage = Elissa, Sta^{De Populo Javan, 8 f}; EMey^{Geschichte i. § 282}; decision difficult; last view very attractive).

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