Lexical Summary Elisha: "God is salvation", a well-known Israelite prophet Original Word: אֱלִישָׁעTransliteration: Elisha Phonetic Spelling: (el-ee-shaw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "God is salvation", a well-known Israelite prophet Meaning: Elisha -- "God is salvation", a well-known Israelite prophet Strong's Concordance Elisha Contracted for Eliyshuwa'.; Elisha, the famous prophet -- Elisha. see HEBREW Eliyshuwa' Brown-Driver-Briggs H477. Elisha אֱלִישָׁע proper name, masculine (God is salvation, compare אֱלִישׁוּעַ, Sabean יתֿעאל DHMZMG 1883, 15) the prophet Elisha, the successor of Elijah 1 Kings 19:16 57t. all Kings; Ἐλισα, Ἐλισαιε ᵐ5; Ἐλισαιος Luke 4:27. |