Elkoshite

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A member of a minor biblical tribe mentioned in Nahum 1:1.
    — The burden of Niniue: The boke of the viſion of Nahum the Elkoſhite.

词形变化

Elkoshites plural Elkesite alternative Elcesite alternative Elkosite alternative

词源

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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