ἘΛΙΣΣΑΙΟΣ, ἐλισσαιος
ELISSAIOS, elissaios
Sounds Like: eh-lis-SAI-oss
Translations: Elisha
From the root: ἘΛΙΣΣΑΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Elisha, a prominent prophet in ancient Israel who succeeded Elijah. He is known for performing many miracles and for his significant role in the history of the Northern Kingdom of Israel.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1666 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 86:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΛΙΣΣΑΙΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΛΙΣΣΑΙΟΝ — Elisha
- ἘΛΙΣΣΑΙΟΥ — of Elisha
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