| Webster's Online Dictionary |
Date "ELASAH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1611. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Bible | 1: (whom God made). 1. A priest in the time of Ezra who had married a Gentile wife. (Ezra 10:22) (B.C. 458). 2. Son of Shaphan, one of the two men who were sent on a mission by King Zedekiah to Nebuchadnezzar at Babylon. (Jeremiah 29:3) (B.C. 594.). (references) | 2: Elasah God made. (1.) One of the descendants of Judah, of the family of Hezron (1 Chr. 2:39, "Eleasah"). (2.) A descendant of king Saul (1 Chr. 8:37; 9:43). (3.) The son of Shaphan, one of the two who were sent by Zedekiah to Nebuchadnezzar, and also took charge of Jeremiah's letter to the captives in Babylon (Jer. 29:3). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. | |
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