Tishbite

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For the song by Cocteau Twins, see Tishbite (song).
’Elijah in the Desert’ by Dieric Bouts. There are several interpretations of the Bible's reference to Elijah as "the Tishbite".

Tishbite is a demonym predicated of the Prophet Elijah in the Hebrew Bible.[1] Scholars dispute the precise denotation of the word.[2]

The words of

birthplace
was Tishbe.

Alternatively, the words of 1 Kings 17:1 could be rendered as "Elijah the dweller from among the inhabitants in Gilead", because in that verse "Tishbite" and the word denoting inhabitants are very similar.

King David and "our fathers" are described as "sojourners" in Psalm 39:12
. These other instances of the word in question support this alternative reading for "Tishbite", such that 1 Kings 17:1 would not assert that Tishbe was the residence or birthplace of Elijah.

References

  1. ^ 1 Kings 17:1, 1 Kings 21:17–28, 2 Kings 1:3–8 and 2 Kings 9:36
  2. ^ McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia, "Tishbite"; Biblical Training, "Tishbite"
  3. ^ Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, Old Testament, Number 8453.

Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Tishbite". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.

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