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Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H477

אֱלִישָׁע

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Elisha

58 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ʼĔlîyshâʻ

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H477is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 2 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 20
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H477

Elisha, the famous prophet

The King James renders it: Elisha.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

Elisha is rendered "Elisha". It stands 58 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.

  • Fifty-five of the uses stand in 2 Kings, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Kings 19:16You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty different ways.

The first use

You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.

1 Kings 19:16אֱלִישָׁ֤ע

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Fifty-five of the word's fifty-eight uses are in 2 Kings.

The other 37 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • Elisha49
  • and Elisha7
  • O Elisha1
  • of Elisha1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

אֱלִילelilidolUses20

All 58, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

20 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • אֱלִישָׁ֔ע11
  • אֱלִישָֽׁע׃7
  • אֱלִישָׁ֤ע5
  • אֱלִישָׁע֙4
  • אֱלִישָׁ֑ע4
  • אֱלִישָׁ֖ע4
  • אֱלִישָׁ֣ע4
  • אֱלִישָׁ֜ע3
  • אֱלִישָׁ֗ע3
  • אֱלִישָׁע֒2
  • וֶאֱלִישָׁע֙2
  • אֱלִישָׁ֧ע1

and 8 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • proper noun (a name)50HNpm
  • conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)7HC/Npm
  • preposition + proper noun (a name)1HR/Npm

1 Kings

three uses
  • You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.

    1 Kings 19:16

    • אֱלִישָׁ֤עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.

    1 Kings 19:17

    • אֱלִישָֽׁע׃ʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.

    1 Kings 19:19

    • אֱלִישָׁ֤עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha

2 Kings

fifty-five uses
  • Shortly before the LORD took Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal,

    2 Kings 2:1

    • וֶאֱלִישָׁ֖עveelisha'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Elisha
  • and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

    2 Kings 2:2

    • אֱלִישָׁ֜עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
    • אֱלִישָׁ֔עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • Then the sons of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”

    2 Kings 2:3

    • אֱלִישָׁע֒ʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.

    2 Kings 2:4

    • אֱלִישָׁ֣ע׀ʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: O Elisha
  • Then the sons of the prophets at Jericho came up to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”

    2 Kings 2:5

    • אֱלִישָׁע֒ʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken away from you?” “Please, let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.

    2 Kings 2:9

    • אֱלִישָׁע֙ʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
    • אֱלִישָׁ֔עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • As Elisha watched, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two.

    2 Kings 2:12

    • וֶאֱלִישָׁ֣עveelisha'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Elisha
  • Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.

    2 Kings 2:14

    • אֱלִישָֽׁע׃ʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • When the sons of the prophets who were facing him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

    2 Kings 2:15

    • אֱלִישָׁ֑עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”

    2 Kings 2:19

    • אֱלִישָׁ֔עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • And the waters there have been healthy to this day, according to the word spoken by Elisha.

    2 Kings 2:22

    • אֱלִישָׁ֖עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here? Let us inquire of the LORD through him.” And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.”

    2 Kings 3:11

    • אֱלִישָׁ֣עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”

    2 Kings 3:13

    • אֱלִישָׁ֜עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • Then Elisha said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not for my regard for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or acknowledge you.

    2 Kings 3:14

    • אֱלִישָׁ֗עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”

    2 Kings 4:1

    • אֱלִישָׁ֜עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • “How can I help you?” asked Elisha. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.”

    2 Kings 4:2

    • אֱלִישָׁע֙ʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.

    2 Kings 4:8

    • אֱלִישָׁ֣עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.

    2 Kings 4:17

    • אֱלִישָֽׁע׃ʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.

    2 Kings 4:32

    • אֱלִישָׁ֖עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”

    2 Kings 4:38

    • וֶאֱלִישָׁ֞עveelisha'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Elisha
  • Now when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent a message to the king: “Why have you torn your clothes? Please let the man come to me, and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.”

    2 Kings 5:8

    • אֱלִישָׁ֣עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha’s house.

    2 Kings 5:9

    • לֶאֱלִישָֽׁע׃leelisha'preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Elisha
  • Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.”

    2 Kings 5:10

    • אֱלִישָׁ֖עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, while not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”

    2 Kings 5:20

    • אֱלִישָׁ֣עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • When Gehazi went in and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, “Gehazi, where have you been?” “Your servant did not go anywhere,” he replied.

    2 Kings 5:25

    • אֱלִישָׁ֔עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Please take note that the place where we meet with you is too small for us.

    2 Kings 6:1

    • אֱלִישָׁ֑עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”

    2 Kings 6:12

    • אֱלִישָׁ֤עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

    2 Kings 6:17

    • אֱלִישָׁע֙ʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
    • אֱלִישָֽׁע׃ʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.

    2 Kings 6:18

    • אֱלִישָׁ֤עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
    • אֱלִישָֽׁע׃ʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • And Elisha told them, “This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will take you to the man you are seeking.” And he led them to Samaria.

    2 Kings 6:19

    • אֱלִישָׁ֗עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O LORD, open the eyes of these men that they may see.” Then the LORD opened their eyes, and they looked around and discovered that they were in Samaria.

    2 Kings 6:20

    • אֱלִישָׁ֔עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”

    2 Kings 6:21

    • אֱלִישָׁ֔עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”

    2 Kings 6:31

    • אֱלִישָׁ֧עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”

    2 Kings 6:32

    • וֶאֱלִישָׁע֙veelisha'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Elisha
  • Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”

    2 Kings 7:1

    • אֱלִישָׁ֔עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.”

    2 Kings 8:1

    • וֶאֱלִישָׁ֡עveelisha'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Elisha
  • Now the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done.”

    2 Kings 8:4

    • אֱלִישָֽׁע׃ʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”

    2 Kings 8:5

    • אֱלִישָֽׁע׃ʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • Then Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”

    2 Kings 8:7

    • אֱלִישָׁע֙ʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But the LORD has shown me that in fact he will die.”

    2 Kings 8:10

    • אֱלִישָׁ֔עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • “But how could your servant, a mere dog, do such a monstrous thing?” said Hazael. And Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”

    2 Kings 8:13

    • אֱלִישָׁ֔עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • So Hazael left Elisha and went to his master, who asked him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he replied, “He told me that you would surely recover.”

    2 Kings 8:14

    • אֱלִישָׁ֗עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
    • אֱלִישָׁ֑עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • Now Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.

    2 Kings 9:1

    • וֶאֱלִישָׁע֙veelisha'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Elisha
  • When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”

    2 Kings 13:14

    • וֶֽאֱלִישָׁע֙veelisha'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Elisha
  • Elisha told him, “Take a bow and some arrows.” So Jehoash took a bow and some arrows.

    2 Kings 13:15

    • אֱלִישָׁ֔עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Put your hand on the bow.” So the king put his hand on the bow, and Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands.

    2 Kings 13:16

    • אֱלִישָׁ֛עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • “Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This is the LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for you shall strike the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”

    2 Kings 13:17

    • אֱלִישָׁ֤עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • And Elisha died and was buried. Now the Moabite raiders used to come into the land every spring.

    2 Kings 13:20

    • אֱלִישָׁ֖עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
  • Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of Elisha, the man was revived and stood up on his feet.

    2 Kings 13:21

    • אֱלִישָׁ֑עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha
    • אֱלִישָׁ֔עʾelisha'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elisha

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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