Definition

Elisha, the famous prophet

Etymology

contracted for H474 (אֱלִישׁוּעַ).;

Word family

• אֱלִישׁוּעַ ʼĔlîyshûwaʻ

How the KJV renders it

• Elisha

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.