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HebrewH0452Proper Noun (Masculine)

אֵלִיָּה

e.liy.yah

64Occurrences
H0452Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites

or prolonged אֵלִיָּהוּ; from H410 (אֵל) and H3050 (יָהּ); God of Jehovah;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A prophet living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Also named: Hēlias (*Ἡλίας *"Elijah" G2243) § Elijah or Eliah = "my God is Jehovah" or "Yah(u) is God" 1) the great prophet of the reign of ) Benjamite son of Jeroham 3) a son of Elam with foreign wife during exile 4) a son of Harim, and priest, with foreign wife during exile

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אֵלִיָּה appears 64 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Kings
38
2 Kings
22
Ezra
2
1 Chronicles
1
2 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 8:27BSB

Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri were the sons of Jeroham.

1 Kings 18:8BSB

“It is I,” he answered. “Go tell your master, ‘Elijah is here!’”

1 Kings 18:36BSB

At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.

1 Kings 21:17BSB

Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

2 Kings 10:10BSB

Know, then, that not a word the LORD has spoken against the house of Ahab will fail, for the LORD has done what He promised through His servant Elijah.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.