Definition

Elishama, the name of seven Israelites

Etymology

from H410 (אֵל) and H8085 (שָׁמַע); God of hearing;

Word family

• אֵל ʼêl
• שָׁמַע shâmaʻ

How the KJV renders it

• Elishama

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.