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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 the Elijah who was to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:14 - They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:3 - Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:4 - Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up 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 teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:11 - Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:12 - But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:47 - When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling Elijah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:49

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:49 - The rest said, “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:15 - Others said, “He is Elijah.” And still others claimed, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of long ago.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:28 - They replied, “Some say 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 - And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:5 - Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up 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 - And they asked him, “Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:12 - Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah does come first, and restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:13 - But I tell you, Elijah has come, and they have done to him everything they wished, 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 those standing near heard this, they said, “Listen, he’s calling Elijah.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:36 - Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down,” he said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:17 - And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25 - I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:26 - Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:8 - others that Elijah had appeared, and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had come back to life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:19 - They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:30 - Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:33 - As the men were leaving Jesus, Peter said to him, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” (He did not know what he was saying.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:21 - 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 - questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:2 - God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don’t you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how he appealed to God against Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:17 - Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
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