Eldest son of Javan, the son of Japheth (Gen. 10:4; 1 Chron. 1:7). His descendants apparently occupied the “isles of Elishah,” and supplied the Phoenicians with blue and purple (Ezek. 27:7). Josephus identifies them with the Æolians. Others connect Elishah with Elis in the Peloponnesus.