The meaning of Elisha in the Bible
(From Easton's Bible Dictionary)
God his salvation, the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah, who became the attendant and disciple of Elijah (I Kings 19:16-19). His name first occurs in the command given to Elijah to anoint him as his successor (I 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 (Compare 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 (II Kings 2:9); and for the long period of about sixty years (B.C. 892-832) held the office of "prophet in Israel" (II Kings 5:8).
See more on the meaning of Elisha in the Bible:
Elisha {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Elisha {Hitchcock's Bible Name}
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