Elishah

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Elishah
     the oldest of the four sons of Javan (Gen. 10:4), whose
     descendants peopled Greece. It has been supposed that Elishah's
     descendants peopled the Peloponnesus, which was known by the
     name of Elis. This may be meant by "the isles of Elishah" (Ezek.
     27:7).


     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Elishah, it is God; the lamb of God: God that gives help