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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, he is Elijah, who is to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:14 - They answered, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:3 - Then Moses and Elijah also appeared before them, talking with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:4 - So Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, I will make three shelters - 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, "Why then do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:11 - He answered, "Elijah does indeed come first and will restore all things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:12 - And I tell you that Elijah has already come. Yet they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:47 - When some of the bystanders heard it, they said, "This man is calling for Elijah."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:49

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:49 - But the rest said, "Leave him alone! Let's see if Elijah will come to save him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:15 - Others said, "He is Elijah." Others said, "He is a prophet, like one of the prophets from the past."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:28 - They said, "John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and still others, one of the prophets."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:4 - Then Elijah appeared before them along with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:5 - So Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters - one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:11 - Then they asked him, "Why do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:12 - He said to them, "Elijah does indeed come first, and restores all things. And why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:13 - But I tell you that Elijah has certainly come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written about him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:35 - When some of the bystanders heard it they said, "Listen, he is calling for Elijah!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:36 - Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Leave him alone! Let's see if Elijah will come to take him down!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:17 - And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25 - But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah's days, when the sky was shut up three and a half years, and there was a great famine over all the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:26 - Yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a woman who was a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:8 - while others were saying that Elijah had appeared, and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had risen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:19 - They answered, "John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others that one of the prophets of long ago has risen."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:30 - Then two men, Moses and Elijah, began talking with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:33 - Then as the men were starting to leave, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah" - not knowing what he was saying.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:21 - So they asked him, "Then who are you? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not!" "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:25 - So they asked John, "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 people whom he foreknew! Do you not know what the scripture says about 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 human being like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months!
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