elisha · Elisha

What it means

elisha (אֱלִישָׁע) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Elisha”.

A name meaning "El is salvation." He is the son of Shaphat, of Abel-meholah, whom Elijah called to be prophet in his place (1 Kings 19:16-21; 2 Kings 2–13).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Kings×3
• 2 Kings×55

• 1 Kings 19:16

  and Jehu son of Nimshi you shall anoint as king over Israel; and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place.

• 1 Kings 19:17

  And it will be that whoever escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will put to death; and whoever escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will put to death.

• 1 Kings 19:19

  He went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat, who was plowing, twelve yoke of oxen were before him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah passed over to him and threw his cloak on him.

• 2 Kings 2:1

  And it happened, when YHWH was about to take up Elijah in the whirlwind to the heavens, that Elijah and Elisha were going from Gilgal.

• 2 Kings 2:2

  Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, please, for YHWH has sent me as far as Bethel.” Elisha said, “As YHWH lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

• 2 Kings 2:3

  The sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that today YHWH is taking your master from over your head?” He said, “I too know it; be silent.”

• 2 Kings 2:4

  Elijah said to him, “Elisha, stay here, please, for YHWH has sent me to Jericho.” He said, “As YHWH lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho.

• 2 Kings 2:5

  The sons of the prophets who were in Jericho approached Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that today YHWH is taking your master from over your head?” He said, “I too know it; be silent.”

• 2 Kings 2:9

  And it happened, when they had crossed over, that Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I should do for you before I am taken from you.” Elisha said, “Please, let there be a double portion of your spirit on me.”

• 2 Kings 2:12

  Elisha was watching and he was crying out, “My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!” And he did not see him again. Then he took hold of his clothes and tore them in two pieces.

• 2 Kings 2:14

  He took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the water and said, “Where is YHWH, the Elohim of Elijah?” He too struck the water, and it was divided to one side and to the other, and Elisha crossed over.

• 2 Kings 2:15

  The sons of the prophets who were in Jericho saw him from across and said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” They came to meet him and bowed down to him to the ground.

• 2 Kings 2:19

  The men of the city said to Elisha, “Look, please, the site of the city is good, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land causes miscarriage.”

• 2 Kings 2:22

  The water was healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha that he spoke.

• 2 Kings 3:11

  Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not here a prophet of YHWH, that we may consult YHWH through him?” One of the servants of the king of Israel answered and said, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.”

• 2 Kings 3:13

  Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I and you to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother.” The king of Israel said to him, “No, for YHWH has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.”

• 2 Kings 3:14

  Elisha said, “As YHWH Tsevaot lives, before whom I stand, if it were not for my regard for Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or see you.

• 2 Kings 4:1

  A woman, one of the wives of the sons of the prophets, cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared YHWH; and the creditor has come to take my two children for himself as slaves.”

• 2 Kings 4:2

  Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She said, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.”

• 2 Kings 4:8

  And it happened one day that Elisha passed over to Shunem, and there was a prominent woman, and she urged him to eat bread. So it happened that whenever he passed by, he would turn aside there to eat bread.

• 2 Kings 4:17

  The woman conceived and bore a son at this appointed time, about this time next year, as Elisha had told her.

• 2 Kings 4:32

  Elisha came into the house, and there was the boy, dead, laid on his bed.

• 2 Kings 4:38

  Elisha returned to Gilgal, and there was the famine in the land. The sons of the prophets were sitting before him, and he said to his young man, “Put on the large pot and cook stew for the sons of the prophets.”

• 2 Kings 5:8

  And it happened, when Elisha the man of Elohim heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, “Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come, please, to me, and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.”

• 2 Kings 5:9

  Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots and stood at the doorway of the house of Elisha.

• 2 Kings 5:10

  Elisha sent to him a messenger, saying, “Go and wash seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored to you, and you will be clean.”

• 2 Kings 5:20

  Gehazi, the young man of Elisha the man of Elohim, said, “Look, my master has spared this Naaman, the Aramean, by not taking from his hand what he brought. As YHWH lives, I will surely run after him and take something from him.”

• 2 Kings 5:25

  He came in and stood before his master, and Elisha said to him, “From where are you coming, Gehazi?” He said, “Your servant did not go anywhere.”

• 2 Kings 6:1

  The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Look, please, the place where we live before you is too small for us.

• 2 Kings 6:12

  One of his servants said, “No, my lord the king, but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in the room where you sleep.”

• 2 Kings 6:17

  Elisha prayed and said, “YHWH, please open his eyes so that he may see.” YHWH opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw; and there was the mountain, full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

• 2 Kings 6:18

  They came down to him, and Elisha prayed to YHWH and said, “Please strike this nation with blindness.” And he struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.

• 2 Kings 6:19

  Elisha said to them, “This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man whom you are seeking.” And he led them to Samaria.

• 2 Kings 6:20

  And it happened, when they came into Samaria, that Elisha said, “YHWH, open the eyes of these men so that they may see.” YHWH opened their eyes, and they saw; and there they were, in the middle of Samaria.

• 2 Kings 6:21

  The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, “Shall I strike them? Shall I strike them, my father?”

• 2 Kings 6:31

  He said, “Thus may Elohim do to me, and thus may he add, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat stays on him today!”

• 2 Kings 6:32

  Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. And he sent a man from before him; before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, “Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold him back with the door. Is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”

• 2 Kings 7:1

  Elisha said, “Hear the word of YHWH: thus says YHWH, ‘About this time tomorrow a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.’”

• 2 Kings 8:1

  Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Get up and go, you and your household, and reside as an alien wherever you can reside as an alien, for YHWH has called for a famine, and it will also come on the land seven years.”

• 2 Kings 8:4

  The king was speaking to Gehazi, the young man of the man of Elohim, saying, “Tell me, please, all the great things that Elisha has done.”

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