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adj 1: resembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous

English Dictionary: Elias Howe	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Elaeis n oil palms Synonym(s): Elaeis, genus Elaeis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elegy n a mournful poem; a lament for the dead [syn: elegy, lament]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Elias Howe n United States inventor who built early sewing machines and won suits for patent infringement against other manufacturers (including Isaac M. Singer) (1819-1867) Synonym(s): Howe, Elias Howe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Elijah n a Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols; he was persecuted for rebuking Ahab and Jezebel (king and queen of Israel); he was taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire (circa 9th century BC)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ELISA n an assay that relies on an enzymatic conversion reaction and is used to detect the presence of specific substances (such as enzymes or viruses or antibodies or bacteria) Synonym(s): enzyme-linked-immunosorbent serologic assay, ELISA
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elk n large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America Synonym(s): elk, European elk, moose, Alces alces large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male Synonym(s): wapiti, elk, American elk, Cervus elaphus canadensis common deer of temperate Europe and Asia Synonym(s): red deer, elk, American elk, wapiti, Cervus elaphus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ellas n a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil Synonym(s): Greece, Hellenic Republic, Ellas
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eolic n the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis Synonym(s): Aeolic, Aeolic dialect, Eolic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eulogy n a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently Synonym(s): eulogy, eulogium a formal expression of praise Synonym(s): encomium, eulogy, panegyric, paean, pean
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eyelash n any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids Synonym(s): eyelash, lash, cilium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eyeless adj lacking eyes or eyelike features; "eyeless fish that evolved in dark caves"; "an eyeless needle" Antonym(s): eyed lacking sight; "blind as an eyeless beggar" Synonym(s): eyeless, sightless, unseeing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eyelike adj suggesting an eye or eyes; "eyelike markings on a butterfly's wings"; "the eyelike gleam of two distant windows in the dark"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elegy \El"e*gy\, n.; pl. {Elegies}. [L. elegia, Gr. [?], fem. sing. (cf. [?], prop., neut. pl. of [?] a distich in elegiac verse), fr. [?] elegiac, fr. [?] a song of mourning.] A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elix \E*lix"\, v. t. [See {Elixate}.] To extract. [Obs.] --Marston.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whistling \Whis"tling\, a. & n. from {Whistle}, v. {Whistling buoy}. (Naut.) See under {Buoy}. {Whistling coot} (Zo[94]l.), the American black scoter. {Whistling Dick}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An Australian shrike thrush ({Colluricincla Selbii}). (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.] {Whistling duck}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The golden-eye. (b) A tree duck. {Whistling eagle} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian eagle ({Haliastur sphenurus}); -- called also {whistling hawk}, and {little swamp eagle}. {Whistling plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The golden plover. (b) The black-bellied, or gray, plover. {Whistling snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the American woodcock. {Whistling swan}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European whooper swan; -- called also {wild swan}, and {elk}. (b) An American swan ({Olor columbianus}). See under {Swan}. {Whistling teal} (Zo[94]l.), a tree duck, as {Dendrocygna awsuree} of India. {Whistling thrush}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of singing birds of the genus {Myiophonus}, native of Asia, Australia, and the East Indies. They are generally black, glossed with blue, and have a patch of bright blue on each shoulder. Their note is a loud and clear whistle. (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elk \Elk\, Elke \Elke\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European wild or whistling swan ({Cygnus ferus}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elk \Elk\, n. [Icel. elgr; akin to Sw. elg, AS. eolh, OHG. elaho, MHG. elch, cf. L. alces; perh. akin to E. eland.] (Zo[94]l.) A large deer, of several species. The European elk ({Alces machlis} or {Cervus alces}) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti ({Cervus Canadensis}), is closely related to the European stag. See {Moose}, and {Wapiti}. {Irish elk} (Paleon.), a large, extinct, Quaternary deer ({Cervus giganteus}) with widely spreading antlers. Its remains have been found beneath the peat of swamps in Ireland and England. See Illustration in Appendix; also Illustration of {Antler}. {Cape elk} (Zo[94]l.), the eland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hooper \Hoop"er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) [So called from its note.] The European whistling, or wild, swan ({Olor cygnus}); -- called also {hooper swan}, {whooping swan}, and {elk}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whistling \Whis"tling\, a. & n. from {Whistle}, v. {Whistling buoy}. (Naut.) See under {Buoy}. {Whistling coot} (Zo[94]l.), the American black scoter. {Whistling Dick}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An Australian shrike thrush ({Colluricincla Selbii}). (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.] {Whistling duck}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The golden-eye. (b) A tree duck. {Whistling eagle} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian eagle ({Haliastur sphenurus}); -- called also {whistling hawk}, and {little swamp eagle}. {Whistling plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The golden plover. (b) The black-bellied, or gray, plover. {Whistling snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the American woodcock. {Whistling swan}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European whooper swan; -- called also {wild swan}, and {elk}. (b) An American swan ({Olor columbianus}). See under {Swan}. {Whistling teal} (Zo[94]l.), a tree duck, as {Dendrocygna awsuree} of India. {Whistling thrush}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of singing birds of the genus {Myiophonus}, native of Asia, Australia, and the East Indies. They are generally black, glossed with blue, and have a patch of bright blue on each shoulder. Their note is a loud and clear whistle. (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elk \Elk\, Elke \Elke\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European wild or whistling swan ({Cygnus ferus}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elk \Elk\, n. [Icel. elgr; akin to Sw. elg, AS. eolh, OHG. elaho, MHG. elch, cf. L. alces; perh. akin to E. eland.] (Zo[94]l.) A large deer, of several species. The European elk ({Alces machlis} or {Cervus alces}) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti ({Cervus Canadensis}), is closely related to the European stag. See {Moose}, and {Wapiti}. {Irish elk} (Paleon.), a large, extinct, Quaternary deer ({Cervus giganteus}) with widely spreading antlers. Its remains have been found beneath the peat of swamps in Ireland and England. See Illustration in Appendix; also Illustration of {Antler}. {Cape elk} (Zo[94]l.), the eland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hooper \Hoop"er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) [So called from its note.] The European whistling, or wild, swan ({Olor cygnus}); -- called also {hooper swan}, {whooping swan}, and {elk}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whistling \Whis"tling\, a. & n. from {Whistle}, v. {Whistling buoy}. (Naut.) See under {Buoy}. {Whistling coot} (Zo[94]l.), the American black scoter. {Whistling Dick}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An Australian shrike thrush ({Colluricincla Selbii}). (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.] {Whistling duck}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The golden-eye. (b) A tree duck. {Whistling eagle} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian eagle ({Haliastur sphenurus}); -- called also {whistling hawk}, and {little swamp eagle}. {Whistling plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The golden plover. (b) The black-bellied, or gray, plover. {Whistling snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the American woodcock. {Whistling swan}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European whooper swan; -- called also {wild swan}, and {elk}. (b) An American swan ({Olor columbianus}). See under {Swan}. {Whistling teal} (Zo[94]l.), a tree duck, as {Dendrocygna awsuree} of India. {Whistling thrush}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of singing birds of the genus {Myiophonus}, native of Asia, Australia, and the East Indies. They are generally black, glossed with blue, and have a patch of bright blue on each shoulder. Their note is a loud and clear whistle. (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elk \Elk\, Elke \Elke\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European wild or whistling swan ({Cygnus ferus}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elk \Elk\, n. [Icel. elgr; akin to Sw. elg, AS. eolh, OHG. elaho, MHG. elch, cf. L. alces; perh. akin to E. eland.] (Zo[94]l.) A large deer, of several species. The European elk ({Alces machlis} or {Cervus alces}) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti ({Cervus Canadensis}), is closely related to the European stag. See {Moose}, and {Wapiti}. {Irish elk} (Paleon.), a large, extinct, Quaternary deer ({Cervus giganteus}) with widely spreading antlers. Its remains have been found beneath the peat of swamps in Ireland and England. See Illustration in Appendix; also Illustration of {Antler}. {Cape elk} (Zo[94]l.), the eland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hooper \Hoop"er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) [So called from its note.] The European whistling, or wild, swan ({Olor cygnus}); -- called also {hooper swan}, {whooping swan}, and {elk}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elk \Elk\, Elke \Elke\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European wild or whistling swan ({Cygnus ferus}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elleck \El"leck\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[94]l.) The red gurnard or cuckoo fish. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elles \El"les\, adv. & conj. See {Else}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elogium \Elo"gium\, Elogy \El"o*gy\, n. [L. elogium a short saying, an inscription, fr. Gr. [?] speech, fr. [?] to speak. Cf. {[?]loge}.] The praise bestowed on a person or thing; panegyric; eulogy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Else \Else\, a. & pron. [OE. & AS. elles otherwise, gen. sing. of an adj. signifying other; akin to OHG. elles otherwise, OSw. [84]ljes, Sw. eljest, Goth. aljis, adj., other, L. alius, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Alias}, {Alien}.] Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect anything else? [bd]Bastards and else.[b8] --Shak. Note: This word always follows its noun. It is usual to give the possessive form to else rather than to the substantive; as, somebody else's; no one else's. [bd]A boy who is fond of somebody else's pencil case.[b8] --G. Eliot. [bd]A suit of clothes like everybody else's.[b8] --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Else \Else\, adv. & conj. 1. Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere else; no one else. 2. Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different. For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it. --Ps. li. 16. Note: After [bf]or', else is sometimes used expletively, as simply noting an alternative. [bd]Will you give thanks, . . . or else shall I?[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elysium \E*ly"sium\, n.; pl. E. {Elysiums}, L. {Elysia}. [L., fr. Gr. [?], [?] [?], Elysian field.] (Anc. Myth.) 1. A dwelling place assigned to happy souls after death; the seat of future happiness; Paradise. 2. Hence, any delightful place. An Elysian more pure and bright than that pf the Greeks. --I. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
92olic \[92]*ol"ic\, a. [L. Aeolus, Gr. [?], name of the god of the winds.] (Phys. Geog.) Pertaining to, caused by, or designating, the action of the wind in modifiying the earth's surface; as, [91]olic erosion; [91]olic sand. [Written also {eolic}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eolic \E*ol"ic\, a. & n. See {[92]olic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
92olic \[92]*ol"ic\, a. [L. Aeolus, Gr. [?], name of the god of the winds.] (Phys. Geog.) Pertaining to, caused by, or designating, the action of the wind in modifiying the earth's surface; as, [91]olic erosion; [91]olic sand. [Written also {eolic}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eolic \E*ol"ic\, a. & n. See {[92]olic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eolis \E"o*lis\, n. [L. Aeolis a daughter of [92]olus, Gr. A'ioli`s.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of nudibranch mollusks having clusters of branchial papill[91] along the back. See {Ceratobranchia}. [Written also {[92]olis}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eulogy \Eu"lo*gy\, n.; pl. {Eulogies}. [Gr. [?], from [?] well speaking; [?] well + [?] to speak. Cf. {Eulogium}, and see {Legend}.] A speech or writing in commendation of the character or services of a person; as, a fitting eulogy to worth. Eulogies turn into elegies. --Spenser. Syn: Encomium; praise; panegyric; applause. Usage: {Eulogy}, {Eulogium}, {Encomium}, {Panegyric}. The idea of praise is common to all these words. The word encomium is used of both persons and things which are the result of human action, and denotes warm praise. Eulogium and eulogy apply only to persons and are more studied and of greater length. A panegyric was originally a set speech in a full assembly of the people, and hence denotes a more formal eulogy, couched in terms of warm and continuous praise, especially as to personal character. We may bestow encomiums on any work of art, on production of genius, without reference to the performer; we bestow eulogies, or pronounce a eulogium, upon some individual distinguished for his merit public services; we pronounce a panegyric before an assembly gathered for the occasion.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eyelash \Eye"lash`\, n. 1. The fringe of hair that edges the eyelid; -- usually in the pl. 2. A hair of the fringe on the edge of the eyelid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eyeless \Eye"less`\, a. Without eyes; blind. [bd]Eyeless rage.[b8] --Shak.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ELIZA A famous program by {Joseph Weizenbaum}, which simulated a Rogerian psychoanalyst by rephrasing many of the patient's statements as questions and posing them to the patient. It worked by simple {pattern recognition} and substitution of key words into canned phrases. It was so convincing, however, that there are many anecdotes about people becoming very emotionally caught up in dealing with ELIZA. All this was due to people's tendency to attach to words meanings which the computer never put there. See also {ELIZA effect}. (1997-09-13)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Elk {Extension Language Kit}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ELLIS EuLisp LInda System. An object-oriented Linda system written for EuLisp. "Using Object-Oriented Mechanisms to Describe Linda", P. Broadbery et al, in Linda-Like Systems and Their Implementation, G. Wilson ed, U Edinburgh TR 91-13, 1991.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ELSIE A distributed version of {ELLIS}. ["Using Object-Oriented Mechanisms to Describe Linda", P. Broadbery et al, in "Linda-Like Systems and Their Implementati"on, G. Wilson ed, U Edinburgh TR 91-13, 1991]. (1995-11-16)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Elasah God made. (1.) One of the descendants of Judah, of the family of Hezron (1 Chr. 2:39, "Eleasah"). (2.) A descendant of king Saul (1 Chr. 8:37; 9:43). (3.) 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 (Jer. 29:3).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Elias the Greek form of Elijah (Matt. 11:14; 16:14, etc.), which the Revised Version has uniformly adopted in the New Testament. (See {ELIJAH}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Elijah whose God is Jehovah. (1.) "The Tishbite," the "Elias" of the New Testament, is suddenly introduced to our notice in 1 Kings 17:1 as delivering a message from the Lord to Ahab. There is mention made of a town called Thisbe, south of Kadesh, but it is impossible to say whether this was the place referred to in the name given to the prophet. Having delivered his message to Ahab, he retired at the command of God to a hiding-place by the brook Cherith, beyond Jordan, where he was fed by ravens. When the brook dried up God sent him to the widow of Zarephath, a city of Zidon, from whose scanty store he was supported for the space of two years. During this period the widow's son died, and was restored to life by Elijah (1 Kings 17: 2-24). During all these two years a famine prevailed in the land. At the close of this period of retirement and of preparation for his work (comp. Gal. 1:17, 18) Elijah met Obadiah, one of Ahab's officers, whom he had sent out to seek for pasturage for the cattle, and bade him go and tell his master that Elijah was there. The king came and met Elijah, and reproached him as the troubler of Israel. It was then proposed that sacrifices should be publicly offered, for the purpose of determining whether Baal or Jehovah were the true God. This was done on Carmel, with the result that the people fell on their faces, crying, "The Lord, he is the God." Thus was accomplished the great work of Elijah's ministry. The prophets of Baal were then put to death by the order of Elijah. Not one of them escaped. Then immediately followed rain, according to the word of Elijah, and in answer to his prayer (James 5:18). Jezebel, enraged at the fate that had befallen her priests of Baal, threatened to put Elijah to death (1 Kings 19:1-13). He therefore fled in alarm to Beersheba, and thence went alone a day's journey into the wilderness, and sat down in despondency under a juniper tree. As he slept an angel touched him, and said unto him, "Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee." He arose and found a cake and a cruse of water. Having partaken of the provision thus miraculously supplied, he went forward on his solitary way for forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mount of God, where he took up his abode in a cave. Here the Lord appeared unto him and said, "What dost thou here, Elijah?" In answer to his despondent words God manifests to him his glory, and then directs him to return to Damascus and anoint Hazael king over Syria, and Jehu king over Israel, and Elisha to be prophet in his room (1 Kings 19:13-21; comp. 2 Kings 8:7-15; 9:1-10). Some six years after this he warned Ahab and Jezebel of the violent deaths they would die (1 Kings 21:19-24; 22:38). He also, four years afterwards, warned Ahaziah (q.v.), who had succeeded his father Ahab, of his approaching death (2 Kings 1:1-16). (See {NABOTH}.) During these intervals he probably withdrew to some quiet retirement, no one knew where. His interview with Ahaziah's messengers on the way to Ekron, and the account of the destruction of his captains with their fifties, suggest the idea that he may have been in retirement at this time on Mount Carmel. The time now drew near when he was to be taken up into heaven (2 Kings 2:1-12). He had a presentiment of what was awaiting him. He went down to Gilgal, where was a school of the prophets, and where his successor Elisha, whom he had anointed some years before, resided. Elisha was solemnized by the thought of his master's leaving him, and refused to be parted from him. "They two went on," and came to Bethel and Jericho, and crossed the Jordan, the waters of which were "divided hither and thither" when smitten with Elijah's mantle. Arrived at the borders of Gilead, which Elijah had left many years before, it "came to pass as they still went on and talked" they were suddenly separated by a chariot and horses of fire; and "Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven, "Elisha receiving his mantle, which fell from him as he ascended. No one of the old prophets is so frequently referred to in the New Testament. The priests and Levites said to the Baptist (John 1:25), "Why baptizest thou, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias?" Paul (Rom. 11:2) refers to an incident in his history to illustrate his argument that God had not cast away his people. James (5:17) finds in him an illustration of the power of prayer. (See also Luke 4:25; 9:54.) He was a type of John the Baptist in the sternness and power of his reproofs (Luke 9:8). He was the Elijah that "must first come" (Matt. 11:11, 14), the forerunner of our Lord announced by Malachi. Even outwardly the Baptist corresponded so closely to the earlier prophet that he might be styled a second Elijah. In him we see "the same connection with a wild and wilderness country; the same long retirement in the desert; the same sudden, startling entrance on his work (1 Kings 17:1; Luke 3:2); even the same dress, a hairy garment, and a leathern girdle about the loins (2 Kings 1:8; Matt. 3:4)." How deep the impression was which Elijah made "on the mind of the nation may be judged from the fixed belief, which rested on the words of Malachi (4:5, 6), which many centuries after prevailed that he would again appear for the relief and restoration of the country. Each remarkable person as he arrives on the scene, be his habits and characteristics what they may, the stern John equally with his gentle Successor, is proclaimed to be Elijah (Matt. 11:13, 14; 16:14; 17:10; Mark 9:11; 15:35; Luke 9:7, 8; John 1:21). His appearance in glory on the mount of transfiguration does not seem to have startled the disciples. They were 'sore afraid,' but not apparently surprised." (2.) The Elijah spoken of in 2 Chr. 21:12-15 is by some supposed to be a different person from the foregoing. He lived in the time of Jehoram, to whom he sent a letter of warning (comp. 1 Chr. 28:19; Jer. 36), and acted as a prophet in Judah; while the Tishbite was a prophet of the northern kingdom. But there does not seem any necessity for concluding that the writer of this letter was some other Elijah than the Tishbite. It may be supposed either that Elijah anticipated the character of Jehoram, and so wrote the warning message, which was preserved in the schools of the prophets till Jehoram ascended the throne after the Tishbite's translation, or that the translation did not actually take place till after the accession of Jehoram to the throne (2 Chr. 21:12; 2 Kings 8:16). The events of 2 Kings 2 may not be recorded in chronological order, and thus there may be room for the opinion that Elijah was still alive in the beginning of Jehoram's reign.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Elika God is his rejector, one of David's thirty-seven distinguished heros (2 Sam. 23:25).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Elisha God his salvation, the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah, who became the attendant and disciple of Elijah (1 Kings 19:16-19). His name first occurs in the command given to Elijah to anoint him as his successor (1 Kings 19:16). This was the only one of the three commands then given to Elijah which he accomplished. On his way from Sinai to Damascus he found Elisha at his native place engaged in the labours of the field, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen. He went over to him, threw over his shoulders his rough mantle, and at once adopted him as a son, and invested him with the prophetical office (comp. Luke 9:61, 62). Elisha accepted the call thus given (about four years before the death of Ahab), and for some seven or eight years became the close attendant on Elijah till he was parted from him and taken up into heaven. During all these years we hear nothing of Elisha except in connection with the closing scenes of Elijah's life. After Elijah, Elisha was accepted as the leader of the sons of the prophets, and became noted in Israel. He possessed, according to his own request, "a double portion" of Elijah's spirit (2 Kings 2:9); and for the long period of about sixty years (B.C. 892-832) held the office of "prophet in Israel" (2 Kings 5:8). After Elijah's departure, Elisha returned to Jericho, and there healed the spring of water by casting salt into it (2 Kings 2:21). We next find him at Bethel (2:23), where, with the sternness of his master, he cursed the youths who came out and scoffed at him as a prophet of God: "Go up, thou bald head." The judgment at once took effect, and God terribly visited the dishonour done to his prophet as dishonour done to himself. We next read of his predicting a fall of rain when the army of Jehoram was faint from thirst (2 Kings 3:9-20); of the multiplying of the poor widow's cruse of oil (4:1-7); the miracle of restoring to life the son of the woman of Shunem (4:18-37); the multiplication of the twenty loaves of new barley into a sufficient supply for an hundred men (4:42-44); of the cure of Naaman the Syrian of his leprosy (5:1-27); of the punishment of Gehazi for his falsehood and his covetousness; of the recovery of the axe lost in the waters of the Jordan (6:1-7); of the miracle at Dothan, half-way on the road between Samaria and Jezreel; of the siege of Samaria by the king of Syria, and of the terrible sufferings of the people in connection with it, and Elisha's prophecy as to the relief that would come (2 Kings 6:24-7:2). We then find Elisha at Damascus, to carry out the command given to his master to anoint Hazael king over Syria (2 Kings 8:7-15); thereafter he directs one of the sons of the prophets to anoint Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Israel, instead of Ahab. Thus the three commands given to Elijah (9:1-10) were at length carried out. We do not again read of him till we find him on his death-bed in his own house (2 Kings 13:14-19). Joash, the grandson of Jehu, comes to mourn over his approaching departure, and utters the same words as those of Elisha when Elijah was taken away: "My father, my father! the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof." Afterwards when a dead body is laid in Elisha's grave a year after his burial, no sooner does it touch the hallowed remains than the man "revived, and stood up on his feet" (2 Kings 13:20-21).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Elishah 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).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Elishua God his salvation, a son of David, 2 Sam. 5:15 = Elishama, 1 Chr. 3:6.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Elasah, the doings of God
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Elias, same as Elijah
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Elijah, God the Lord, the strong Lord
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Elika, pelican of God
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Elisha, salvation of God
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Elishah, it is God; the lamb of God: God that gives help
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Elishua, God is my salvation
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Eluzai, God is my strength