ELISHAH — (Heb. אֱלִישָׁה), one of the sons of Javan, a grandson of Japheth (Gen. 10:4; I Chron. 1:7), and also the name of the island from which the Tyrians obtained blue and purple dyes (Ezek. 27:7). Elishah is usually identified with the name Alašiya ( … Encyclopedia of Judaism
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 … Easton's Bible Dictionary
KITTIM — (Heb. כִּתִּיִּים ,כִּתִּים, the final mem possibly a suffix and not a plural ending), the name of a place and its inhabitants. In the table of nations Kittim is mentioned among the sons of Javan and the brothers of elishah (Gen. 10:4). Josephus… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Sons of Noah — This T and O map, which abstracts that society s known world to a cross inscribed within an orb, remakes geography in the service of Christian iconography and identifies the three known continents as populated by descendants of Shem (Sem), Ham… … Wikipedia
Japhetic — is a term that refers to the supposed descendants of Japheth, one of the three sons of Noah in the Bible. It corresponds to Semitic (descendants of Shem) and Hamitic (descendants of Ham). Variations of the term include Japhetite and Japhethitic.… … Wikipedia
Aeolian Islands — Infobox World Heritage Site WHS = Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) State Party = ITA Type = Natural Criteria = viii ID = 908 Region = Europe and North America Year = 2000 Session = 24th Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/908The Aeolian Islands… … Wikipedia
List of Biblical names — This is a list of names from the Bible, mainly taken from the 19th century public domain resource: : Hitchcock s New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible by Roswell D. Hitchcock, New York: A. J. Johnson, 1874, c1869.Each name is given with its … Wikipedia
Metatron — For other uses, see Metatron (disambiguation). Metatron as God’s mediator with men may have been the angel who prevented Abraham from sacrificing Isaac in the bible story.[1] Metatron (Hebrew מטטרון) or Matt … Wikipedia
WSJV — Infobox Broadcast call letters = WSJV city = station station slogan = Accurate. Dependable. station branding = Fox 28 analog = 28 (UHF) digital temporary = 58 (UHF) digital = 28 (UHF) other chs = affiliations = Fox network = founded = airdate =… … Wikipedia
Siege of Tyre (332 BC) — Infobox Military Conflict caption= The Siege of Tyre, courtesy of The Department of History, United States Military Academy conflict=Siege of Tyre (332 BC) partof=the Wars of Alexander the Great date=332 BC place=Tyre, Phoenicia (now Lebanon)… … Wikipedia
