Elishua

Gender Masculine
Usage Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Scripts אֱלִישׁוּעַ(Ancient Hebrew)

Meaning & History

From Hebrew אֱלִישׁוּעַ (ʾElishuaʿ), an extended form of אֱלִישַׁע (see Elisha). In the Old Testament this is the name of a son of King David.

Related Names

Rootsʾel + yashaʿ
Other Languages & CulturesElisaie(Biblical Greek) Eliseus(Biblical Latin) Eliseo(Italian) Elisie(Macedonian) Eliseu(Portuguese) Yelisey(Russian) Eliseo(Spanish)

Categories

isograms

Sources & References

  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h474, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h474.
Entry updated October 6, 2024