ELEASAH

(El·e·aʹsah) [God Has Made].

1. Son of Helez and father of Sismai, a descendant of Judah through Jerahmeel. Jarha, an Egyptian slave who married the daughter of his master Sheshan, was one of the forefathers of Eleasah.​—1Ch 2:33, 34, 39, 40.

2. A descendant of Jonathan the son of King Saul.​—1Ch 8:33-37; 9:39-43.

3. A priest of “the sons of Pashhur” among those heeding Ezra’s exhortation to dismiss their foreign wives.​—Ezr 2:36, 38; 10:22, 44.