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Eldest son of Javan, the son of Japheth. Gen. 10: 4; 1 Chr. 1: 7. His descendants apparently occupied the 'isles of Elishah,' and supplied the Phoenicians with blue and purple. Ezek. 27: 7. Josephus identifies them with the Æolians. Others connect Elishah with Elis in the Peloponnesus.