Every Name in Tanakh

אֶלְעָשָׂה Elasah

Every verse in which this name stands — 6 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 406×6 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for four Israelites. The name stands six times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 29:3 and last at 1 Chronicles 9:43.

Jeremiah 29:3ירמיהו כט:ג

בְּיַד אֶלְעָשָׂה בֶן־שָׁפָן וּגְמַרְיָה בֶּן־חִלְקִיָּה אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַח צִדְקִיָּה מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה אֶל־נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל בָּבֶלָה לֵאמֹֽר

by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, saying:

Ezra 10:22עזרא י:כב

וּמִבְּנֵי פַּשְׁחוּר אֶלְיוֹעֵינַי מַֽעֲשֵׂיָה יִשְׁמָעֵאל נְתַנְאֵל יוֹזָבָד וְאֶלְעָשָֽׂה

And of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

1 Chronicles 8:37דברי הימים א ח:לז

וּמוֹצָא הוֹלִיד אֶת־בִּנְעָא רָפָה בְנוֹ אֶלְעָשָׂה בְנוֹ אָצֵל בְּנֽוֹ

and Moza begot Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

1 Chronicles 9:43דברי הימים א ט:מג

וּמוֹצָא הוֹלִיד אֶת־בִּנְעָא וּרְפָיָה בְנוֹ אֶלְעָשָׂה בְנוֹ אָצֵל בְּנֽוֹ

And Moza begot Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Elasah?

Elasah — אלעשה in Hebrew — has a gematria of 406 in the standard method.

How many times is Elasah named in the Tanakh?

6 times, first at Jeremiah 29:3.

A spelling is not a name. The written word אלעשה stands 4 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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