Strong H476H476Iאֱלִישָׁמָע
Elishama
One of the 7 senses of Strong H476
- Transliteration
- 'ĕlîyshâmâ‛
- Pronunciation
- el-ee-shaw-maw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.25.25;
father of: Nethaniah (H5418)
father of: Nethaniah (H5418)
Meaning of the name
Elishama = "my God has heard"
General definition
In the biblical story
Elishama
Grandfather of Ishmael, who assassinated Gedaliah.
Elishama was the grandfather of Ishmael, who assassinated Gedaliah, the governor appointed by the Babylonians (2Ki.25.25; Jer.41.1).
In the Bible
Strong H476I appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- elishama2
First verses
- 2 Kings 25:25But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.
- Jeremiah 41:1Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.