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title: אֱלִישָׁע — Elisha · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֱלִישָׁע (477), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 58 times: Elisha. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֱלִישָׁע

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«אֱלִישָׁע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Elisha** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 58 times · **Key:** 477 · **BDB:** אֱלִישָׁע

### Glosses

Elisha (51); of.Elisha (6); O.Elisha (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Elisha [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/477/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/477/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (God is salvation, cf. אֱלִישׁוּעַ, Sab. יתֿעאל DHMZMG 1883, 15) the prophet Elisha, the successor of Elijah 1 K 19:16 + 57 times all K; Ἐλισα, Ἐλισαιε 𝔊; Ἐλισαιος Lu 4:27.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֱלִישָׁע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/477/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 2:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.2.22/)

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וַיֵּרָפ֣וּ הַמַּ֔יִם עַ֖ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּדְבַ֥ר אֱלִישָׁ֖ע אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֵּֽר׃פ

*Word for word:* and they.have.been.healed the waters until the day (the) this according to.the.word of.Elisha which he.spoke

*JPS 1917:* So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.

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[2 Kings 4:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.4.32/)

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וַיָּבֹ֥א אֱלִישָׁ֖ע הַבָּ֑יְתָה וְהִנֵּ֤ה הַנַּ֙עַר֙ מֵ֔ת מֻשְׁכָּ֖ב עַל־מִטָּתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.came Elisha to the house and there! the lad \[was\].dead \[he.was\].laid on bed his

*JPS 1917:* And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

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