Ἠλίας
Transliteration
ēlias (Key)
Pronunciation
hay-lee'-as
Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin אֵלִיָּה (H452)
mGNT
29x in 4 unique form(s) TR
30x in 4 unique form(s) LXX
8x in 4 unique form(s)
Ἠλίᾳ — 4x
Ἠλίαν — 7x
Ἠλίας — 17x
Ἠλίου — 2x
Ἠλίᾳ — 4x
Ἠλίαν — 7x
Ἠλίας — 16x
Ἠλίου — 2x
Ελια — 2x
Ηλια — 2x
Ηλιαν — 1x
Ηλιου — 3x
Dictionary Aids

TDNT Reference: 2:928,306

Strong’s Definitions

†Ἡλίας Hēlías, hay-lee'-as; of Hebrew origin (H452); Helias (i.e. Elijah), an Israelite:—Elias.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's G2243 in the following manner: Elias (30x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's G2243 in the following manner: Elias (30x).

  1. Elijah = "my God is Jehovah"

    1. a prophet born at Thisbe, the unflinching champion of the theocracy in the reigns of the idolatrous kings Ahab and Ahaziah. He was taken up to heaven without dying, whence the Jews expected he would return just before the advent of the Messiah, whom he would prepare the minds of the Israelites to receive.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†Ἡλίας Hēlías, hay-lee'-as; of Hebrew origin (H452); Helias (i.e. Elijah), an Israelite:—Elias.
STRONGS G2243:
Ἠλίας ([so Rst elz G; WH Ἠλείας cf. WHs Appendix, p. 155; Tdf. Proleg., p. 84 and see ει, ι, but] L Tr Ἡλιάς, Tdf. Ἡλείας, [on the breathing in manuscripts see Tdf. Proleg., p. 107; WH. Introduction § 408; current editions, are not uniform]), -ου [Buttmann, 17 (16), 8; but once (namely, Luke 1:17 T Tr marginal reading WH) -α], ὁ, (אֵלִיָּה or אֵלִיָּהוּ i. e. either 'strength of Jehovah' or 'my God is Jehovah'), Elijah, a prophet born at Thisbe [but see B. D. under the word, also under the word Tishbite], the unflinching champion of the theocracy in the reigns of the idolatrous kings Ahab and Ahaziah. He was taken up to heaven without dying, whence the Jews expected he would return just before the advent of the Messiah, whom he would prepare the minds of the Israelites to receive (1 Kings 17-19; 2 Kings 2:6ff; 2 Chronicles 21:12; Malachi 4:4 (Mal. 3:22); Sir. 48:1, 4, 12 [cf. Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, Appendix 8]): Matthew 11:14; Matthew 16:14; Matthew 17:3f, 10-12; Matthew 27:47, 49; Mark 6:15; Mark 8:28; Mark 9:4; Mark 9:11-13; Mark 15:35; Luke 1:17; Luke 4:25; Luke 9:8, 19, 30, 33, 54 [R G L]; John 1:21, 25; James 5:17; ἐν Ἠλίᾳ, in the narrative concerning Elijah, Romans 11:2 [see ἐν, I. 1 d.].
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References

1 Kings
17; 18; 19
2 Kings
2 Kings 2:6
2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 21:12
Malachi
Malachi 4:4
Matthew
Matthew 11:14; Matthew 16:14; 17; Matthew 17:3; Matthew 27:47; Matthew 27:49
Mark
Mark 6:15; Mark 8:28; Mark 9:4; Mark 9:11; Mark 9:12; Mark 9:13; Mark 15:35
Luke
Luke 1:17; Luke 1:17; Luke 4:25; Luke 9:8; Luke 9:19; Luke 9:30; Luke 9:33; Luke 9:54
John
John 1:21; John 1:25
Romans
Romans 11:2
James
James 5:17
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