Difference between revisions of "Elasah"

<li> 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]] (&nbsp;Jeremiah 29:3 ). <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Elasah'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/e/elasah.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> '''El'asah.''' ''(Whom God Made).'' </p> <p> 1. A priest, in the time of Ezra, who had married a [[Gentile]] wife. &nbsp;Ezra 10:22. (B.C. 458). </p> <p> 2. Son of Shaphan, one of the two men who were sent on a mission, by King Zedekiah to [[Nebuchadnezzar]] at Babylon. &nbsp;Jeremiah 29:3. (B.C. 594). </p>

<p> 1. [[Priest]] who had married a strange wife. &nbsp;Ezra 10:22 . </p> <p> 2. [[Ambassador]] whom Zedekiah sent to Nebuchadnezzar. &nbsp;Jeremiah 29:3 . In the [[Hebrew]] this name is the same as ELEASAH. </p>

<p> [some Ela'sah] (Hebrews Elasah', עֶלְעָשָׁה '','' whom ''God Made;'' Vulg. ''Elasa),'' the name of four men (variously Anglicized in the A.V.). (See Eleasa). </p> <p> '''1.''' (Sept. Ε᾿λεασά ''.)'' The son of Helez, and father of Sisamai; one of the descendants of Judah, of the family of [[Hezron]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 2:39, A.V. "Eleasah"). B.C. post 1046. </p> <p> '''2.''' (Sept. Ε᾿λεασά v.r. Ε᾿λασά '','' A.V. "Eleasah.") A son of [[Rapha]] or Repharah, and father of Azel; descendant of king Saul through [[Jonathan]] and [[Meribbaal]] or [[Mephibosheth]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 8:37; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:43). B.C. considerably ante 588. </p> <p> '''3.''' (Sept. Ε᾿λεασάρ v.r. Ε᾿λεασάν, A.V. "Elasah.") The son of Shaphan; one of the two men who were sent on a mission by king Zedekiah to Nebuchadnezzar at Babylon after the first deportation from Jerusalem, and who at the same time took charge of the letter of Jeremiah the prophet to the captives in Babylon (&nbsp;Jeremiah 29:3). B.C. 594. </p> <p> '''4.''' (Sept. ᾿Ηλασά '','' A.V. "Elasah.") One of the Bene-Pashur, a priest, who renounced the Gentile wife whom he had married after the return from Babylon (&nbsp;Ezra 10:22). B.C. 458. </p>

<p> '''''el´a''''' -'''''sa''''' ( אלעשׂה , <i> ''''''el‛āsāh''''' </i> , "God has made"): </p> <p> (1) An [[Israelite]] who had married a foreign wife (&nbsp;Ezra 10:22 ). </p> <p> (2) A son of Shaphan, by whom, with Gemariah, King Zedekiah sent a message to Babylon (&nbsp;Jeremiah 29:3 ). See [[Eleasah]] . </p>