elishah Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
elishah in Easton's Bible Dictionary
the oldest of the four sons of Javan (Gen. 10:4), whose descendants peopled Greece. It has been supposed that Elishah's descendants peopled the Peloponnesus, which was known by the name of Elis. This may be meant by "the isles of Elishah" (Ezek. 27:7).
elishah in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(God is salvation), the eldest son of Javan. #Ge 10:4| The residence of his descendants is described in #Eze 27:7| as the isles of Elishah, whence the Phoenicians obtained their purple and blue dyes. Some connect the race of Elishah with the AEolians, others with Elishah, and in a more extended sense Peloponnesus, or even Hellas.
elishah in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
ELI'SHAH (God is salvation), a son of Javan, who is supposed to have settled upon some islands of the sea. Gen 10:4; Eze 27:7.
elishah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Javan's oldest son (Genesis 10:4). Ezekiel 27:7; "purple from the isles of Elishah." As Javan represents the Ionian Greeks; so Elishah the Aeolians, whose favorite resort was to maritime situations, in Greece, Thessaly, and Asia Minor, and Lesbos and Tenedos. Hellas (Greece) and Elis in the Peloponnese are kindred Bathes.