Elasah

Elasah [N] [E] [H]

(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.)

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names

Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Elasah'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.