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Derived from Thisbe in upper Galilee to the S. of Kedesh in Naphtali; see the apocryphal . Elijah was born here, but settled in Gilead as a stranger. See , "who was of the settlers (mitoshabey) of Gilead." Kurtz less probably (see Keil on ) supposes Tishbite to be the Tisieh mentioned by Robinson (Pal. iii. 153) in Gilead S. of Bostra. Paine identifies Tishbite with Listib overhung by the monastery Mar Ilyas (Elijah).