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elistic

elistic is the alternative spelling of Elistic.

Adjective capitalized: Elistic

Elistic (not comparable)

  1. Containing reference to the Semitic god ʔil.
    • In due time she conceived and bore a son who was given the Elistic name שְׁמוּאֵל (1 Sam 1:20), […]1989, Choon-Leong Seow, Myth, Drama, and the Politics of David's Dance (Harvard Semitic Monograph; 46), Atlanta, Georgia: Scholars Press, published 2018, →ISBN, page 30
    • Some scholars adopting the Qenite hypothesis in its original or modified form, which supposes that the Qenites were the mediators of the Yahwistic cult to Israel, assume that Yhwh was a North Arabian storm god, a rival of the Canaanite Baal who gradually adopted Elistic qualities.2001, Bob Becking, Meindert Dijkstra, Marjo Korpel, Karel Vriezen, Only One God? Monotheism in Ancient Israel, London • New York: Sheffield Academic Press, →ISBN, page 94

Forms of elistic

alternative formelistic

Origin of elistic

From El + -istic, relative adjective to Elism.

Questions about elistic

What does elistic mean?
Elistic means containing reference to the Semitic god ʔil.
What is elistic the alternative spelling of?
Elistic is the alternative spelling of Elistic.
What part of speech is elistic?
Elistic is an adjective.

Words near elistic in the dictionary

  1. elisors
  2. elispot
  3. elispots
  4. Elissa
  5. Elista
  6. elistic
  7. elitarian
  8. elitarianism
  9. elitarians
  10. elite
  11. elite ball knowledge

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