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Elishah


I-li´shuh

1 The son of Javan (Greece) in Gen 10:4 and 1Chr 1:7. 2 An island producing valuable dyed goods in Ezek 27:7. This suggests that Elishah is Cyprus, which was known as Alashia in cuneiform (i.e., Babylonian and Assyrian) sources.

  • Powell, Mark Allan, ed. HarperCollins Bible Dictionary. Abridged Edition. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009.