אֱלִישָׁמָעʼĔlîyshâmâʻ

chief of Ephraim

Pronunciation: el-ee-shaw-maw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H476

Meanings

b. son of David (2 Samuel 5:16; 1 Chronicles 3:6; 1 Chronicles 3:8)

c. scribe of Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 36:12; Jeremiah 36:20; Jeremiah 36:21)

d. one of the royal seed (2 Kings 25:25; Jeremiah 41:1)

e. a man of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:41)

f. a priest (2 Chronicles 17:8)

Same root

אֵלʼêl · H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
שָׁמַעshâmaʻ · H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

Where it appears

Appears 17 times in the Bible.

Numbers 1:10 Ephraim son of Joseph Elishama son of AmmihudManasseh son of Joseph Gamaliel son of Pedahzur
Numbers 2:18 -NaphtaliAhira son of Enan 53,400
Numbers 7:48 On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, leader of the tribe of Ephraim, presented his offering.
Numbers 7:53 For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Elishama son of Ammihud.
Numbers 10:22 Ephraim’s troops went next, marching behind their banner. Their leader was Elishama son of Ammihud.
2 Samuel 5:16 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

See every passage

Numbers 1:10, 2:18, 7:48, 7:53, 10:22
2 Samuel 5:16
2 Kings 25:25
1 Chronicles 2:41, 3:6, 3:8, 7:26, 14:7
2 Chronicles 17:8
Jeremiah 36:12, 36:20, 36:21, 41:1

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).