Abel Meholah = "meadow of dancing"

1. a city of Issachar, birthplace of Elisha

Elisha = "God is salvation"

1. the great prophet who succeeded Elijah

sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

Jehu = "Jehovah is He"

1. the king of the northern kingdom Israel who overthrew the dynasty of Omri

2. son of Hanani and an Israelite prophet in the time of Baasha and Jehoshaphat

3. the Antothite, a Benjamite, one of David's mighty warriors

4. a descendant of Judah of the house of Hezron

5. son of Josibiah and a chief of the tribe of Simeon

Israel = "God prevails"

1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

   1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

   2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

   3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

king

to smear, anoint, spread a liquid

1. (Qal)

   1. to smear

   2. to anoint (as consecration)

   3. to anoint, consecrate

2. (Niphal) to be anointed

spokesman, speaker, prophet

1. prophet

2. false prophet

3. heathen prophet

Nimshi = "rescued"

1. grandfather of Jehu

upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against

1. upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards

2. above, beyond, over (of excess)

3. above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)

4. upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)

5. over (of suspension or extension)

6. by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)

7. down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to,, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)

8. to (as a dative)

   conjunction

because that, because, notwithstanding, although

Shaphat = "judged" or "he hath judged"

1. son of Hori and the prince of Simeon chosen to spy out the promised land

2. father of the prophet Elisha

3. a Judaite, son of Shemaiah and descendant of Zerubbabel in the royal line of Judah

4. a chief of the tribe of Gad

5. son of Adlai and chief herdsman for David over the herds in the valleys

the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas

1. the under part

   accusative adverb

2. beneath

   preposition

3. under, beneath

   1. at the foot of (idiom)

   2. sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)

   3. of subjection or conquest

4. what is under one, the place in which one stands

   1. in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)

   2. in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)

   3. in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged)

      conjunction

5. instead of, instead of that

6. in return for that, because that

   in compounds

7. in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)

8. from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath