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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 30 times in 30 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:14 - And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, who is to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:14 - And they said, Some, John the baptist; and others, Elias; and others again, Jeremias or one of the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:3 - and lo, Moses and Elias appeared to them talking with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:4 - And Peter answering said to Jesus, Lord, it is good we should be here. If thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles: for thee one, and for Moses one, and one for Elias.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:10 - And his disciples demanded of him saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first have come?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:11 - And he answering said to them, Elias indeed comes first and will restore all things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:12 - But I say unto you that Elias has already come, and they have not known him, but have done unto him whatever they would. Thus also the Son of man is about to suffer from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:47 - And some of those who stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calls for Elias.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:49

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:49 - But the rest said, Let be; let us see if Elias comes to save him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:15 - And others said, It is Elias; and others said, It is a prophet, as one of the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:28 - And they answered him, saying, John the baptist; and others, Elias; but others, One of the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:4 - And there appeared to them Elias with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:5 - And Peter answering says to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good that we should be here; and let us make three tabernacles, for thee one, and for Moses one, and for Elias one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:11 - And they asked him saying, Why do the scribes say that Elias must first have come?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:12 - And he answering said to them, Elias indeed, having first come, restores all things; and how is it written of the Son of man that he must suffer much, and be set at nought:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:13 - but I say unto you that Elias also is come, and they have done to him whatever they would, as it is written of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:35 - And some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calls for Elias.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:36 - And one, running and filling a sponge with vinegar, fixed it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone, let us see if Elias comes to take him down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:17 - And *he* shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn hearts of fathers to children, and disobedient ones to the thoughts of just men, to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25 - But of a truth I say to you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months, so that a great famine came upon all the land,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:26 - and to none of them was Elias sent but to Sarepta of Sidonia, to a woman that was a widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:8 - and by some that Elias had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:19 - But they answering said, John the baptist; but others, Elias; and others, that one of the old prophets has risen again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:30 - And lo, two men talked with him, who were Moses and Elias,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:33 - And it came to pass as they departed from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:54 - And his disciples James and John seeing it said, Lord, wilt thou that we speak that fire come down from heaven and consume them, as also Elias did?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:21 - And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he says, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:25 - And they asked him and said to him, Why baptisest thou then, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:2 - God has not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Know ye not what the scripture says in the history of Elias, how he pleads with God against Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:17 - Elias was a man of like passions to us, and he prayed with prayer that it should not rain; and it did not rain upon the earth three years and six months;
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