Bible Person
Meaning: an oak; a curse; perjury · Male · 4 cross references
This Elah entry refers to Elah the father of Hoshea, the last king of Israel, not Elah son of Baasha. His significance comes through the final stage of the northern kingdom's collapse. First appears in 2 Kgs 15:30.1
Name meaning
an oak; a curse; perjury
Identity
male
First appears
2 Kgs 15:30
AI summary: This Elah matters because the cross references preserve him through Hoshea, the last king to reign before Samaria falls to Assyria. He does not act directly in the narrative, but his name stands at the threshold of the northern kingdom's end. That gives the patronymic historical weight disproportionate to its brevity. Taken together, the material presents this Elah as the remembered father behind Israel's final king.1
Central Figure
Elah
Meaning: an oak; a curse; perjury
The father of Hoshea, the last king of Israel (2 Kings 15:30; 17:1).
Children
Name meaning
an oak; a curse; perjury
Identity
male
The father of Hoshea, the last king of Israel (2 Kings 15:30; 17:1). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.