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Elishah
The oldest of the four sons of Javan (Gen 10:4), whose descendants peopled Greece. It has been supposed that Elishah’s descendants peopled the Peloponnesus, which was known by the name of Elis. This may be meant by “the isles of Elishah” (Ezek 27:7).
Named in the Bible
3 verses
- Genesis 10:4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
- 1 Chronicles 1:7 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
- Ezekiel 27:7 Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
