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Category:Eliseus

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Lesgles has suggested moving this category to Category:Elisha on the grounds that "Elisha is the usual name in English; compare the other categories about biblical prophets." See also Category talk:Eliseus Themightyquill (talk) 10:26, 11 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I would keep it as it is, more neautral, Latin-based spell. --Sailko (talk) 14:42, 27 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
And why should a Jewish prophet have a Latin-based spelling? Elisha, besides being English, is also a decent Latin-character approximation of the Hebrew name.--Prosfilaes (talk) 11:34, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think this discussion can be closed and the category can be moved. "Elisha" has been overwhelmingly more common in English since the Protestant Reformation (Google Ngrams). It is the form used in almost all English Bible translations. Lesgles (talk) 00:35, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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