Elishua — the meaning of the Hebrew name אֱלִישׁוּעַ

אֱלִישׁוּעַ

ʼĔlîyshûwaʻ · pronounced el-ee-shoo'-ah · Strong's H474 · a man

Elishua means God of supplication (or of riches).

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אֵל ʼêl (from, H410) — strength open in the lexicon ›

שׁוּעַ shûwaʻ (and, H7769) — a halloo open in the lexicon ›

from H410 and H7769; God of supplication (or of riches); Elishua, the son of King David.

2Sam 5:15 Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, (KJV)

2 occurrences in 2 verses — 2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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