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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Elisha

masc. proper name, from Hebrew, literally "God is salvation," from El "God" + yesha "salvation."

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Elisha

Elisha (; , Greek: , Elissaîos or , Elisaié, Arabic: Al-yasaʻ) is a prophet and a wonder-worker whose life is documented in the Hebrew Bible, he is also mentioned in the Talmud, the New Testament, the Quran, the Ginza Rba and Bahá'í writings. His name is commonly transliterated into English as Elisha via Hebrew, Eliseus via Greek and Latin, or Alyasa via Arabic, Elyesa via Turkish. He was a disciple of Elijah and, after Elijah was taken up into the whirlwind, Elisha was accepted as the leader of the sons of the prophets.

Elisha (Nestorian patriarch)

Elisha was Patriarch of the Church of the East during a period of schism from 524 to 537. Unlike his opponent Narsai, who was also consecrated as catholicus but has traditionally been considered an anti-patriarch, Elisha is included in the traditional list of patriarchs of the Church of the East.

Elisha (given name)

Elisha is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible, the Quran, and Baha'i writings.

Other persons with the same given name include:

Usage examples of "elisha".

In the Book of Kings we have those utterly monstrous bloodbaths accomplished in the name, of course, of Yahweh by Elijah and Elisha.

Eliphalet, having anticipated this, handed her a neatly written dossier on Abner Hale, including a minute description of the young minister, a transcript of his marks in college, an essay he had written on Church Discipline in Geneva, and a sketchy genealogy of the Gideon Hales of Marlboro, descendants of Elisha Hale of Bucks, England.

I told Milty the story about Elisha and the bears and it scared him so he's never made fun of Mr.

When Elisha was over­taken, he took off the phylacteries and hid them in his hands.