Strong H476H476Lאֱלִישָׁמָע
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 Jer.36.12
Meaning of the name
Elishama = "my God has heard"
General definition
In the biblical story
Elishama
A secretary during Jehoiakim's reign.
Elishama the secretary was an official during King Jehoiakim's reign in Judah (Jer.36.12,20,21).
In the Bible
Strong H476L appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- elishama3
First verses
- Jeremiah 36:12Then he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
- Jeremiah 36:20And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.
- Jeremiah 36:21So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe’s chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.