Thus, Elisha is sometimes referred to as “a man of God” (2 Kings 5:8), and sometimes simply as “Elisha.” Our Sages teach (Zohar II, 44b): When the student-prophets were with him, he was called “a man of God”; but when he was alone, he was simply called “Elisha.”
כְּשֶׁהָעוֹלָם אֵצֶל הַצַּדִּיק, אָז יֵשׁ לוֹ מֶמְשָׁלָה.
When people are by the tzaddik, he then has sovereignty.
כִּי אֱלִישָׁע, פַּעַם נִכְתַּב עָלָיו אִישׁ הָאֱלֹֹקִים, וּפַעַם – אֱלִישָׁע סְתָם. וְאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (זוהר בשלח מד): כְּשֶׁהָיוּ בְּנֵי הַנְּבִיאִים אֶצְלוֹ, הָיָה נִקְרָא אִישׁ הָאֱלֹקִים, וּכְשֶׁהָיָה לְבַדּוֹ נִקְרָא אֱלִישָׁע סְתָם:
Thus, Elisha is sometimes referred to as “a man of God” (2 Kings 5:8), and sometimes simply as “Elisha.” Our Sages teach (Zohar II, 44b): When the student-prophets were with him, he was called “a man of God”; but when he was alone, he was simply called “Elisha.”