ʼElʻâsâh — H501

Definition

masculine proper noun

Elasah, the name of four Israelites

1. Elasah or Eleasah = "God has made"
2. a descendant of Judah, son of Helez
3. a priest of Pashur's line with a foreign wife during Ezra's time
4. Shaphan's son, Zedekiah's servant
5. a descendant of Benjamin, son of Rapha, father of Azel

Usually translated as

Eleasah, Elasah

Origin

from H410 and H6213; God has made

• Derived from ʼêl (H410)
• Derived from ʻâsâh (H6213)

Occurrences

ʼElʻâsâh occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (4), Ezra (1), Jeremiah (1)

• 1 Chronicles 2:39 — And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah (אֶלְעָשָֽׂה),
• 1 Chronicles 2:40 — And Eleasah (וְאֶלְעָשָׂה֙) begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,
• 1 Chronicles 8:37 — And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah (אֶלְעָשָׂ֥ה) his son, Azel his son:
• 1 Chronicles 9:43 — And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah (אֶלְעָשָׂ֥ה) his son, Azel his son.
• Ezra 10:22 — And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah (וְאֶלְעָשָֽׂה).
• Jeremiah 29:3 — By the hand of Elasah (אֶלְעָשָׂ֣ה) the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,