First name Elishama in the world's Bibles
In the bible, Elishama is the name of the head of the tribe of Ephraim during the census (NUM 1:10), as well as name of son of David (2SA 5:16), father of Nethaniah (2KI 25:25), and son of Jekamiah (1CH 2:41)
(and others...)
. Meaning of the name: God hearing. Related names are: Ammihud, Ephraim, Nethaniah . The translations of Elishama in 20 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the ichthys
below, from Elisáma in Afrikaans to ইলীশামা in Bengali!
Wear it!Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. (NUM 1:10)
On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. (NUM 2:18)
On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered: (NUM 7:48)
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud. (NUM 7:53)
And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud. (NUM 10:22)
And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet. (2SA 5:16)
But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah. (2KI 25:25)
And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama. (1CH 2:41)
Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, (1CH 3:6)
And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. (1CH 3:8)
Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, (1CH 7:26)
And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet. (1CH 14:7)
And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests. (2CH 17:8)
Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes. (JER 36:12)
And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. (JER 36:20)
So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king. (JER 36:21)
Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah. (JER 41:1)