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Samaria. Elisha ( / əˈlaɪʃə /; [1] Hebrew: אֱלִישָׁע, Modern: ʼElīšaʻ, Tiberian: ʼĔlīšāʻ, 'My God is salvation' or 'God is my salvation'; Koine Greek: Ἐλισ [σ]αῖος Elis [s]aîos or Ἐλισαιέ Elisaié; Latin: Eliseus) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, a Jewish prophet and a wonder-worker.
Jan 4, 2022 · Elisha, whose name means "God is salvation," was the successor of Elijah in the office of the prophet in Israel ( 1 Kings 19:16, 19–21; 2 Kings 5:8 ). He was called to follow Elijah in 1 Kings 19:19, and he spent the next several years as the prophet’s protégé, until Elijah was taken into heaven.
Sep 12, 2022 · Through God’s Word —specifically 1 and 2 Kings—we discover how God called this mighty prophet to perform jaw-dropping miracles and deliver startling and unpopular messages to God’s rebellious people. When we look at Elisha in the Bible, we see a man who walked in the confidence and power of the God he served.
Elisha’s prophetic mission would now prepare Israel for further religious reforms. Elisha was an Old Testament prophet who lived around 800 B.C., a time when God involved Himself in a very direct way with the people and the leadership of ancient Israel.
Jul 13, 2024 · Elisha, in the Old Testament, Israelite prophet, the pupil of Elijah, and also his successor (c. 851 bc). He instigated and directed Jehu’s revolt against the house of Omri, which was marked by a bloodbath at Jezreel in which King Ahab of Israel and his family were slaughtered.
Aug 24, 2004 · Elisha is one of a line of men whom God used to save His people. It was through Elisha that God spared Jehoshaphat and the kings of Israel and Edom, along with their armies. We hear it from the lips of the servant of Jehoram, as well as from the king of Judah—“the Word of the LORD is with Elisha” (2 Kings 3:11-12). Second, God is a saving ...
Feb 26, 2018 · Updated on February 26, 2018. Elisha replaced Elijah as Israel's chief prophet and also performed many miracles through the power of God. He was a servant of the people, demonstrating God's love and compassion. Elisha means "God is salvation ."
Mar 6, 2017 · Elisha, whose name in Hebrew means 'God is Salvation,' was an Israelite prophet and disciple of Elijah. Accounts of Elisha s life and activities are found in 1 and 2 Kings, but these biblical texts are the only records we have of such a person.
ELISHA, ELISEUS ĭ lī’ shə (Heb. אֱלִישָׁ֖ע God is salvation; Gr., LXX, ̓Ελισα, ̓Ελισαιε, NT, ̓Ελισαίος; KJV, ELISEUS, Luke 4:27 ), was a prophet, the successor of Elijah. His origin.
Elisha was the faithful disciple of the prophet Elijah, and his successor. He had followed his master from the moment they met, when Elisha was a young man, plowing his father's field near the ancient town of Abel-mecholah in northern Israel .
