אֶלְעָשָׂהʼElʻâsâh

proper name, masculine: God has made

Pronunciation: el-aw-saw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H501

Meanings

a. descendant of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:39; 1 Chronicles 2:40)

b. a Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:37; 1 Chronicles 9:43)

c. of the line of Pashur (Ezra 10:22)

d. son of Shaphan (Jeremiah 29:3)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:39 Azariah was the father of Helez. Helez was the father of Eleasah.
  • 1 Chronicles 2:40 Eleasah was the father of Sismai. Sismai was the father of Shallum.
  • 1 Chronicles 8:37 Moza was the father of Binea. Binea was the father of Rephaiah. Rephaiah was the father of Eleasah. Eleasah was the father of Azel.
  • 1 Chronicles 9:43 Moza was the father of Binea. Binea’s son was Rephaiah. Rephaiah’s son was Eleasah. Eleasah’s son was Azel.
  • Ezra 10:22 From the family of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
  • Jeremiah 29:3 He sent the letter with Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah when they went to Babylon as King Zedekiah’s ambassadors to Nebuchadnezzar. This is what Jeremiah’s letter said:

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).