אֵלִיָּהʼÊlîyâh
proper name, masculine: Yah(u) is God
Pronunciation: ay-lee-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H452
Meanings
a. Elijah, the great prophet of the reign of Ahab (1 Kings 17:1; 2 Chronicles 21:12; Malachi 3:23)
b. Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:27)
c. a priest of Ezra's time (Ezra 10:21)
c. a son of Elam (Ezra 10:26)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 71 times in the Bible.
- 1 Kings 17:1 Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, “As surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives—the God I serve—there will be no dew or rain during the next few years until I give the word!”
- 1 Kings 17:13 But Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid! Go ahead and do just what you’ve said, but make a little bread for me first. Then use what’s left to prepare a meal for yourself and your son.
- 1 Kings 17:15 So she did as Elijah said, and she and Elijah and her family continued to eat for many days.
- 1 Kings 17:16 There was always enough flour and olive oil left in the containers, just as the Lord had promised through Elijah.
- 1 Kings 17:18 Then she said to Elijah, “O man of God, what have you done to me? Have you come here to point out my sins and kill my son?”
- 1 Kings 17:22 The Lord heard Elijah’s prayer, and the life of the child returned, and he revived!
See every passage
- 1 Kings 17:1, 17:13, 17:15, 17:16, 17:18, 17:22, 17:23, 17:24, 18:1, 18:2, 18:7, 18:8, 18:11, 18:14, 18:15, 18:16, 18:17, 18:21, 18:22, 18:25, 18:27, 18:30, 18:31, 18:36, 18:40, 18:41, 18:42, 18:46, 19:1, 19:2, 19:9, 19:13, 19:19, 19:20, 19:21, 21:17, 21:20, 21:28
- 2 Kings 1:3, 1:4, 1:8, 1:10, 1:12, 1:13, 1:15, 1:17, 2:1, 2:2, 2:4, 2:6, 2:8, 2:9, 2:11, 2:13, 2:14, 2:15, 3:11, 9:36, 10:10, 10:17
- 1 Chronicles 8:27
- 2 Chronicles 21:12
- Ezra 10:21, 10:26
- Malachi 4:5
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).