Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(God saves). Eldest son of Javan (Gen. 10:4; Ezek. 27:7).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
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.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Transliteration:
’Eliyshah
Meaning:
probably of foreign derivation; Elishah, a son of Javan
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
my God has disregarded
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
Firm binding; the Lamb of God; God saves:―eldest son of Javan, Gen. 10:4. {Ligatio firma}