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Elisha

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E·li·sha  (-lsh) Ninth century b.c.
In the Bible, a Hebrew prophet who was chosen by Elijah to be his successor.
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Elisha Wright said she understood that Redmond girls, especially those who belonged to Kingsport, were 'dreadful dressy and stuck-up,' and she guessed I wouldn't feel much at home among them; and I saw myself, a snubbed, dowdy, humiliated country girl, shuffling through Redmond's classic halls in coppertoned boots.
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
Arthur, Tom, and East were together one night, and read the story of Naaman coming to Elisha to be cured of his leprosy.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
I am in the Sixth Reader but just because I cannot say the seven multiplication Table Miss Dearborn threttens to put me in the baby primer class with Elijah and Elisha Simpson little twins.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context
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