אֵלִיָּה

e.liy.yahElijah
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man71 occurrences6 books65 verses
This name belongs to 4 different people in the Bible:
  • Elijah: A Benjamite, son of Jeroham
  • Elijah: A prophet during the reigns of Ahab and Ahaziah
  • Elijah: A descendant of Harim who married a foreign woman
  • Elijah: A descendant of Elam who married a foreign woman

Definition

or prolonged אֵלִיָּהוּ; from H410 and H3050; God of Jehovah; Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites
Traditional renderings: Elijah, Eliah.

Glossary entries

Elijah Eliah Elias

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

71 total
  1. 2 Kings 2:1 (2×)אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ · Elijah; אֵלִיָּ֛הוּ · Elijah
    Shortly before the LORD took Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal,
  2. 2 Kings 2:2אֵלִיָּ֨הוּ · and Elijah
    …and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
  3. 2 Kings 2:4אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ · And Elijah
    And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.
  4. 2 Kings 2:6אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ · And Elijah
    And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.
  5. 2 Kings 2:8אֵלִיָּ֨הוּ · And Elijah
    And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.
  6. 2 Kings 2:9וְאֵ֨לִיָּ֜הוּ · Elijah
    After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken away from you?” “Please, let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.
  7. 2 Kings 2:11אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ · and Elijah
    As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.
  8. 2 Kings 2:13אֵלִיָּ֔הוּ · Elijah
    Elisha also picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah, and he went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.
  9. 2 Kings 2:14 (2×)אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ · of Elijah; אֵלִיָּ֑הוּ · of Elijah
    Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.
  10. 2 Kings 2:15אֵלִיָּ֖הוּ · of Elijah
    When the sons of the prophets who were watching him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.
  11. 2 Kings 3:11אֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃ · of Elijah
    But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here? Let us inquire of the LORD through him.” And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.”
  12. 2 Kings 9:36אֵלִיָּ֥הוּ · Elijah
    So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel.
  13. 2 Kings 10:10אֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃ · Elijah
    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.”
  14. 2 Kings 10:17אֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃פ · Elijah
    When Jehu came to Samaria, he struck down everyone belonging to Ahab who remained there, until he had destroyed them, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to Elijah.
  15. 1 Chronicles 8:27וְאֵלִיָּ֛ה · Elijah
    Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri were the sons of Jeroham.
  16. 2 Chronicles 21:12מֵֽאֵלִיָּ֥הוּ · from Elijah
    Then a letter came to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, which stated: “This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘You have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah,
  17. Ezra 10:21וְאֵֽלִיָּה֙ · Elijah
    From the descendants of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.
  18. Ezra 10:26וְאֵלִיָּֽה׃ס · and Elijah
    From the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
  19. Malachi 4:5אֵלִיָּ֣ה · Elijah
    Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.