Strong H478אֱלִישָׁפָט

Elishaphat

Transliteration
'ĕlîyshâphâţ
Pronunciation
el-ee-shaw-fawt'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

From H410 and H8199; God of judgment;
{Elishaphat} an Israelite: - Elishaphat.

Meaning of the name

Elishaphat = "my God has judged"

Detailed definition

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.23.1;
son of: Zichri (H2147O)

In the biblical story

Elishaphat

One of the captains who helped Jehoiada overthrow Athaliah.

Elishaphat was one of the captains who helped Jehoiada the priest overthrow Queen Athaliah (2Ch.23.1).

In the Bible

Strong H478 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • elishaphat1

First verses

  1. 2 Chronicles 23:1
    And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.
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