el´a-sa, el-ē̇-ā´sa (ἈλασαÌ, AlasaÌ; the King James Version Eleasa): The place where Judas pitched his camp before the battle in which he was overwhelmed and slain (1 Macc 9:5). It probably corresponds to the modern Khirbet il‛asaÌ„, between the two Beth-horons.