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Lexicon :: Strong's G2243 - ēlias

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Ἠλίας
Transliteration
ēlias (Key)
Pronunciation
hay-lee'-as
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin אֵלִיָּה (H452)
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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.].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2243 matches the Greek Ἠλίας (ēlias),
which occurs 29 times in 29 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:14 - “And if you are willing to accept it, John himself is [the fulfillment of] Elijah [as the messenger] who was to come [before the kingdom].

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:14 - And they answered, “Some say John the Baptist; others, Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah, or [just] one of the prophets.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:3 - And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:4 - Then Peter began to speak and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good and delightful and auspicious that we are here; if You wish, I will put up three [sacred] tents here—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:10 - The disciples asked Him, “Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:11 - He answered and said, “Elijah is coming and will restore all things;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:12 - but I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not recognize him, but did to him as they wished. The Son of Man is also going to suffer at their hands.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:47 - When some of the bystanders there heard it, they began saying, “This man is calling for [fn]Elijah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:49

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:49 - But the rest said, “Let us see whether Elijah will come to save Him [from death].”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:15 - But others were saying, “He is [fn]Elijah!” And others were saying, “It is a prophet, like one of the prophets [of old].”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:28 - They answered Him, “John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:4 - Elijah appeared to them along with Moses, and they were having a conversation with Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:5 - Peter responded and said to Jesus, “Rabbi (Master), it is good for us to be here; let us make three [sacred] tents—one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:11 - They asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first [before the Messiah comes]?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:12 - He answered them, “Elijah does come first and restores and reestablishes all things. And yet how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things [grief and physical distress] and be treated with contempt [utterly despised and rejected]?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:13 - “But I say to you that Elijah has in fact come [already], and they [fn]did to him whatever they wished, just as it is written [in Scripture] of him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:35 - Some of the bystanders heard Him and said, “Look! He is calling for [fn]Elijah!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:36 - Someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave Him a drink, saying, “Let us see whether Elijah is coming to take Him down.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:17 - “It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, TO TURN THE HEARTS OF THE FATHERS BACK TO THE CHILDREN, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous [which is to seek and submit to the will of God]—in order to make ready a people [perfectly] prepared [spiritually and morally] for the Lord.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25 - “But in truth I say to you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was closed up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:26 - and yet Elijah was not sent [by the Lord] to a single one of them, but only to Zarephath in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:8 - and by others that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the [other] prophets of old had been resurrected.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:19 - They answered, “John the Baptist, and some say, Elijah; but others, that one of the ancient prophets has come back to life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:30 - And behold, two men were talking with Him; and they were Moses and Elijah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:33 - And as these [men, Moses and Elijah] were leaving Him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is delightful and good for us to be here; we should make three [sacred] tents; one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—not realizing what he was saying.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:21 - They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” And he said, “I am not.” “Are you the [promised] Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:25 - They asked him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:2 - God has not rejected His [chosen] people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:17 - Elijah was a man with a nature like ours [with the same physical, mental, and spiritual limitations and shortcomings], and he prayed [fn]intensely for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.
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