Lexical Definition

‎אֱלִישָׁמָע‎ ʼĔlîyshâmâʻ (el-ee-shaw-maw') Elishama ^N:N-M-P
from ‎אֵל‎ and ‎שָׁמַע‎; God of hearing

Elishama.

• § Elishama = "my God has heard"
• Elishama, the name of seven Israelites

1) an Ephraimite chief in the wilderness
2) a son of David
3) Jehoiakim's secretary
4) a priest who taught the law
5) a man of Judah

Extended Information

name of: אֱלִישׁוּעַ

• A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.5.15
• son of: David (דָּוִד)
• brother of: Amnon (אַמְנוֹן), Chileab (כִּלְאָב), Absalom (אֲבִישָׁלוֹם), Adonijah (אֲדֹנִיָּה), Shephatiah (שְׁפַטְיָה), Ithream (יִתְרְעָם), Shammua (שַׁמּוּעַ), Shobab (שׁוֹבָב), Nathan (נָתָן), Solomon (שְׁלֹמֹה), Ibhar (יִבְחַר), Nepheg (נֶפֶג), Japhia (יָפִיעַ), Elishama (אֱלִישָׁמָע), Eliada (אֶלְיָדָע), Eliphelet (אֱלִיפֶלֶט), Tamar (תָּמָר), Elpelet (אֱלִיפֶלֶט), Nogah (נֹגַהּ) and Jerimoth (יְרִימוֹת); also called Elishama at 1Ch.3.6
• Another name of e.li.shu.a (‎א‎ֱ‎ל‎ִ‎יש‎ׁ‎ו‎ּ‎ע‎ַ "Elishua" אֱלִישׁוּעַ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֱלִישָׁמָע‎ (God has heard, compare ‎יִשְׁמָעֵאל‎, & Sabean ‎אלסמע‎, ‎יסמעאל‎ Hal^{187, 193})
a. chief of Ephraim Num 1:10; Num 2:18; Num 7:48; Num 7:53; Num 10:22; 1Chr 7:26.
b. son of David 2Sam 5:16; 1Chr 3:6; 1Chr 3:8; 1Chr 14:7.
c. scribe of Jehoiakim Jer 36:12; Jer 36:20; Jer 36:21.
d. one of the royal seed 2Kgs 25:25; Jer 41:1.
e. a man of Judah 1Chr 2:41. feminine a priest 2Chr 17:8.

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