Elisha
anointed prophet in Elijah's place (1KI 19:16)
Personmale80 verses
Names
- Elisha — אֱלִישָׁע eliysha “G-d [El] is [my] salvation” (H477) · Ελισαιε Elisaie — 1 Kings 19:16
- Elisha — אֱלִישָׁע eliysha “G-d [El] is [my] salvation” (H477) · Ἐλισαῖος E̓lisai͂os (G1666) — Luke 4:27
Titles
- man of G-d — אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים iysh haelohiym “man [of] G-d” (H430) · ἀνθρώπῳ τοῦ θεοῦ anthrṓpōi toû theoû “man of G-d” (G2316) — 2 Kings 4:7
Associations
- master of Gehazi (inferred)
Dated events
- Elisha's time as prophet begins — 3,110 AH · 896 BC (Ussher) — 1 Kings 19:15
- Elisha's time as prophet ends* — 3,164 AH · 839 BC (Ussher) — 2 Kings 13:20
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
- Syria 1 — 5 shared verses
- Jericho 1 — 4 shared verses
- Samaria 1 — 4 shared verses
- Bethel 1 — 2 shared verses
- Gilgal 2 — 2 shared verses
- Jordan — 2 shared verses
- Moab 1 — 2 shared verses
- Shunem — 2 shared verses
- Abel-meholah — 1 shared verse
- Aphek 3 — 1 shared verse
- Baal-shalishah — 1 shared verse
- Damascus — 1 shared verse
and 2 further places named alongside this person.
Appearances
- 1 Kings 19:16
- 1 Kings 19:17
- 1 Kings 19:19
- 2 Kings 2:1
- 2 Kings 2:2
- 2 Kings 2:3
- 2 Kings 2:4
- 2 Kings 2:5
- 2 Kings 2:9
- 2 Kings 2:12
- 2 Kings 2:14
- 2 Kings 2:15
and 68 further references.
Topical references
- Elijah instructed to anoint — 1 Kings 19:16
- Called by Elijah — 1 Kings 19:19
- Ministers unto Elijah — 1 Kings 19:21
- Witnesses Elijah's transporting, receives a double portion of his spirit — 2 Kings 2:1; 2 Kings 3:11
- Mocked by the young men of Beth-el — 2 Kings 2:23; 2 Kings 2:24
- Causes the king to restore the property of the hospitable Shunammite woman — 2 Kings 8:1
- Instructs that Jehu be anointed as king of Israel — 2 Kings 9:1
- Life of, sought by Jehoram — 2 Kings 6:31
- Death of — 2 Kings 13:14
- Bones of, restore a dead man to life — 2 Kings 13:21
- Divides the Jordan — 2 Kings 2:14
- Purifies the waters of Jericho by casting salt into the fountain — 2 Kings 2:19
- Increases the oil of the woman whose sons were to be sold for her debt — 2 Kings 4:1
- Raises the son of the Shunammite woman from the dead — 2 Kings 4:18
- Neutralizes the poison of the stew — 2 Kings 4:38
- Increases the bread to feed one-hundred men — 2 Kings 4:42
- Heals Naaman the leper — 2 Kings 5:1; Luke 4:27
- Sends Naaman's leprosy upon Gehazi as a judgment — 2 Kings 5:26; 2 Kings 5:27
- Recovers the ax that had fallen into a stream by causing it to float — 2 Kings 6:6
- Reveals the counsel of the king of Syria — 2 Kings 6:12
- Opens the eyes of his servant to see the hosts of the Lord — 2 Kings 6:17
- Brings blindness upon the army of Syria — 2 Kings 6:18
- The birth of a son to the Shunammite woman — 2 Kings 4:16
- Bounty to the starving people in Samaria — 2 Kings 7:1
- The death of the unbelieving prince — 2 Kings 7:2
- Seven years of famine in the land of Canaan — 2 Kings 8:1
- The death of Ben-hadad, king of Syria — 2 Kings 8:7
- Elevation of Hazael to the throne — 2 Kings 8:11
- The victory of Jehoash over Syria — 2 Kings 13:14
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.