Lexical Definition

‎אֵלִיָּה‎ ʼÊlîyâh (ay-lee-yaw') Elijah ^N:N-M-P
or prolonged אֵלִיָּהוּ ʼÊlîyâhûw (aylee-yaw'-hoo); from ‎אֵל‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; God of Jehovah

Elijah, Eliah.

• § Elijah or Eliah = "my God is Jehovah" or "Yah(u) is God"
• Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites

1) the great prophet of the reign of Ahab
2) 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

See Greek: Ἡλίας

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֵלִיָּה‎ 2Kgs 1:3 + 4 t.; ‎אֵלִיָּ֫הוּ‎ 1Kgs 17:1 + 62 t.; proper name, masculine (Yah(u) is God, compare ‎יוֺאֵל‎)
a. Elijah, the great prophet of the reign of Ahab 1Kgs 17:1 + 65 t. Kings; 2Chr 21:12; Mal 3:23*.
b. Benjamite 1Chr 8:27
c. a priest of Ezra's time Ezra 10:21
c. a son of Elam Ezra 10:26.

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