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Lexicon :: Strong's H477 - 'ĕlîšāʿ

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אֱלִישָׁע
Transliteration
'ĕlîšāʿ
Pronunciation
el-ee-shaw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אֱלִישָׁע ʼĔlîyshâʻ, el-ee-shaw'; contracted for H474.; Elisha, the famous prophet:—Elisha.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x

The KJV translates Strong's H477 in the following manner: Elisha (58x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x
The KJV translates Strong's H477 in the following manner: Elisha (58x).

  1. Elisha = "God is salvation"

    1. the great prophet who succeeded Elijah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֱלִישָׁע ʼĔlîyshâʻ, el-ee-shaw'; contracted for H474.; Elisha, the famous prophet:—Elisha.
STRONGS H477: Abbreviations
† 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 + 57 times all Kings; Ἐλισα, Ἐλισαιε Greek Version of the LXX; Ἐλισαιος Luke 4:27.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

19:16

Luke

4:27

H477

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H477 matches the Hebrew אֱלִישָׁע ('ĕlîšāʿ),
which occurs 58 times in 52 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (1Ki 19:16–2Ki 13:17)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:16 - And Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:17 - And the one who escapes from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:19 - So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen in front of him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah passed by him and cast his cloak upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:1 - Now when the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:2 - And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the LORD lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:3 - And the sons of the prophets who were in Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that today the LORD will take away your master from over you?” And he said, “Yes, I know it; keep quiet.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:4 - Elijah said to him, “Elisha, please stay here, for the LORD has sent me to Jericho.” But he said, “As the LORD lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:5 - The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho drew near to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that today the LORD will take away your master from over you?” And he answered, “Yes, I know it; keep quiet.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:9 - When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said, “Please let there be a double portion of your spirit on me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:12 - And Elisha saw it and he cried, “My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” And he saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:14 - Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the water, saying, “Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” And when he had struck the water, the water was parted to the one side and to the other, and Elisha went over.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:15 - Now when the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho saw him opposite them, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they came to meet him and bowed to the ground before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:19 - Now the men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees, but the water is bad, and the land is unfruitful.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:22 - So the water has been healed to this day, according to the word that Elisha spoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:11 - And Jehoshaphat said, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here, through whom we may inquire of the LORD?” Then one of the king of Israel’s servants answered, “Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:13 - And Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother.” But the king of Israel said to him, “No; it is the LORD who has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:14 - And Elisha said, “As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not that I have regard for Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would neither look at you nor see you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:1 - Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2 - And Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me; what have you in the house?” And she said, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:8 - One day Elisha went on to Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:17 - But the woman conceived, and she bore a son about that time the following spring, as Elisha had said to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:32 - When Elisha came into the house, he saw the child lying dead on his bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:38

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:38 - And Elisha came again to Gilgal when there was a famine in the land. And as the sons of the prophets were sitting before him, he said to his servant, “Set on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:8 - But when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent to the king, saying, “Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, that he may know that there is a prophet in Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:9 - So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:10 - And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored, and you shall be clean.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:20 - Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “See, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not accepting from his hand what he brought. As the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:25 - He went in and stood before his master, and Elisha said to him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” And he said, “Your servant went nowhere.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:1 - Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “See, the place where we dwell under your charge is too small for us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:12 - And one of his servants said, “None, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:17 - Then Elisha prayed and said, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” So the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:18 - And when the Syrians came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD and said, “Please strike this people with blindness.” So he struck them with blindness in accordance with the prayer of Elisha.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:19 - And Elisha said to them, “This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek.” And he led them to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:20 - As soon as they entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see.” So the LORD opened their eyes and they saw, and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:21 - As soon as the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, “My father, shall I strike them down? Shall I strike them down?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:31 - and he said, “May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32 - Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. Now the king had dispatched a man from his presence, but before the messenger arrived Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent to take off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold the door fast against him. Is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1 - But Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD: thus says the LORD, Tomorrow about this time a seah[fn] of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel,[fn] and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:1 - Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, and depart with your household, and sojourn wherever you can, for the LORD has called for a famine, and it will come upon the land for seven years.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:4 - Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, “Tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:5 - And while he was telling the king how Elisha had restored the dead to life, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life appealed to the king for her house and her land. And Gehazi said, “My lord, O king, here is the woman, and here is her son whom Elisha restored to life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:7 - Now Elisha came to Damascus. Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick. And when it was told him, “The man of God has come here,”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:10 - And Elisha said to him, “Go, say to him, ‘You shall certainly recover,’ but[fn] the LORD has shown me that he shall certainly die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:13 - And Hazael said, “What is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?” Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you are to be king over Syria.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:14 - Then he departed from Elisha and came to his master, who said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he answered, “He told me that you would certainly recover.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:1 - Then Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tie up your garments, and take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:14 - Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, crying, “My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:15 - And Elisha said to him, “Take a bow and arrows.” So he took a bow and arrows.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:16 - Then he said to the king of Israel, “Draw the bow,” and he drew it. And Elisha laid his hands on the king’s hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:17 - And he said, “Open the window eastward,” and he opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot,” and he shot. And he said, “The LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Syria! For you shall fight the Syrians in Aphek until you have made an end of them.”

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