Lexical Summary Elissaios: Elisha, an Israelite prophet Original Word: ἘλισσαῖοςTransliteration: Elissaios Phonetic Spelling: (el-is-sah'-yos) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: Elisha, an Israelite prophet Meaning: Elisha -- an Israelite prophet Strong's Concordance Elissaeus. Of Hebrew origin (Eliysha'); Elissaeus, an Israelite -- Elissaeus. see HEBREW Eliysha' Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1666: ἘλισσαιοςἘλισσαιος and (so L T) Ἐλισαῖος (cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 107; Tr WH Ἐλισαῖος, cf. WH's Appendix, p. 159), Ἐλισσαίου, ὁ, (אֱלִישַׁע my God is salvation), Elisha, a distinguished O. T. prophet, the disciple, companion, and successor of Elijah (1 Kings 19:16; 2 Kings 1-13): Luke 4:27. |