English Explanatory Dictionary

Elkoshite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a minor biblical tribe mentioned in Nahum 1:1.

Word forms

Elkoshite Elkoshites Elkesite Elcesite Elkosite

Etymology

First attested in 1568 in the Bishops' Bible translation (see quotations); earlier English Bible translations instead used “of Elkosh”. From Middle English Helcesei, borrowed from Vulgar Latin Helcesei, from Ancient Greek Έλκεσαίου (Élkesaíou), from Hebrew אֶלְקֹשִׁי. Analysable as Elkosh (“the unidentified birthplace or residence of the minor prophet Nahum”) + -ite.

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