אֱלִישָׁעʼĔlîyshâʻ
proper name, masculine: the prophet Elisha, the successor of Elijah (1 Kings 19:16; Luke 4:27)
Pronunciation: el-ee-shaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H477
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 58 times in the Bible.
- 1 Kings 19:16 Then anoint Jehu grandson of Nimshi to be king of Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from the town of Abel-meholah to replace you as my prophet.
- 1 Kings 19:17 Anyone who escapes from Hazael will be killed by Jehu, and those who escape Jehu will be killed by Elisha!
- 1 Kings 19:19 So Elijah went and found Elisha son of Shaphat plowing a field. There were twelve teams of oxen in the field, and Elisha was plowing with the twelfth team. Elijah went over to him and threw his cloak across his shoulders and then walked away.
- 2 Kings 2:1 When the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were traveling from Gilgal.
- 2 Kings 2:2 And Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, for the Lord has told me to go to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the Lord lives and you yourself live, I will never leave you!” So they went down together to Bethel.
- 2 Kings 2:3 The group of prophets from Bethel came to Elisha and asked him, “Did you know that the Lord is going to take your master away from you today?” “Of course I know,” Elisha answered. “But be quiet about it.”
See every passage
- 1 Kings 19:16, 19:17, 19:19
- 2 Kings 2:1, 2:2, 2:3, 2:4, 2:5, 2:9, 2:12, 2:14, 2:15, 2:19, 2:22, 3:11, 3:13, 3:14, 4:1, 4:2, 4:8, 4:17, 4:32, 4:38, 5:8, 5:9, 5:10, 5:20, 5:25, 6:1, 6:12, 6:17, 6:18, 6:19, 6:20, 6:21, 6:31, 6:32, 7:1, 8:1, 8:4, 8:5, 8:7, 8:10, 8:13, 8:14, 9:1, 13:14, 13:15, 13:16, 13:17, 13:20, 13:21
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).