( heb. tishbi ).Nickname of the Prophet Elias ( 1 r. 09: 17 pm, 28; 2. R. 1:3, 8; 9:36 ) " of the inhabitants of Gilead " ( 1. 17:1 41. " Of Gilead Thisbe " (BJ, 41 NBE; "That was of Thisbe, in the region of Gilead " ( 41 DHH;. Probably the most correct interpretation of these expressions to Thisbe ( " 34 outsider; ) or Thisbe is the name of a town and not a family. According to ancient traditions, both Jewish and Christian, are identified usually Thisbe with Lisdib ( also called el-Istib ) whose ruins lie about 21 km alnoroeste of Gerasa. Elias name persists there, because the ruins of this town Christian unaiglesia and a convent named after Mâr Ilyâs.
