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Where does “Elisha” come from?

Elisha is the English name for the Hebrew prophet אֱלִישָׁע, whose meaning is unknown.

Ancestry of “Elisha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Biblical Hebrewאֱלִישָׁע—
Every word from Biblical Hebrew אֱלִישָׁע →