אֱלִישָׁמָע
e.li.sha.ma
“Elishama”
Definition
Elishama, the name of seven Israelites
from H410 (אֵל) and H8085 (שָׁמַע); God of hearing;
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Grammar & Morphology
Proper Noun (Masculine)
N:N-M-P
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
אֱלִישָׁמָע appears 17 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet.
Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet—nine in all.
In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
So the officials went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything to the king.
from the sons of Joseph:from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud,and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
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