Elisha

[ih-lahy-shuh]

noun

1. Also Eliseus a Hebrew prophet of the 9th century b.c., the successor of Elijah.

2. a male given name.

Elisha

/ ɪˈlaɪʃə /

noun

1. Old Testament a Hebrew prophet of the 9th century _bc : successor of Elijah (II Kings 3–9)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Elisha¹

From Late Latin Heliseus, from Greek Elisaié, from Hebrew ĕlīshūaʿ, literally, “God has saved”

Example Sentences

She also persuaded the American president Zachary Taylor to send out two ships with rescuers including Elisha Kent Kane, destined to become one of the world’s most famous Arctic adventurers.

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“It’s a fake system,” said Elisha Yaghmai, a Kansas doctor who runs a company that provides physicians to rural hospitals.

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Elisha Otis, a bed-manufacturing mechanic, found a way out of this quandary.

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Inventors Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray both filed patents in February 1876 for what amounted to early, workable versions of the telephone.

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“Look at how much territory we’ve conquered in the last two years, in how many places the wheel has turned and despair has seeped into the enemy,” wrote settler leader Elisha Yered on X in a post exhorting Jews to deny Palestinians employment opportunities.

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