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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 receive it, he is Elijah who is to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:14 - So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or 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 Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:4 - Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, let us[fn] make here three tabernacles: 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 - And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:11 - Jesus answered and said to them, “Indeed, Elijah is coming first[fn] 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 know him but did to him whatever they wished. Likewise the Son of Man is also about to suffer at their hands.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:47 - Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, said, “This Man is calling for Elijah!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:49

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:49 - The rest said, “Let Him alone; let us 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, “It is Elijah.” And others said, “It is the Prophet, or[fn] like one of the prophets.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:28

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:5 - Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles: 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, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:12 - Then He answered and told them, “Indeed, Elijah is coming first and restores all things. And how is it written concerning the Son of Man, that He must suffer many things and be treated with contempt?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:13 - “But I say to you that Elijah has also come, and they did to him whatever they wished, as it is written of him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:35 - Some of those who stood by, when they heard that, said, “Look, He is calling for Elijah!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:36 - Then someone ran and filled a sponge full of sour wine, put it on a reed, and offered it to Him to drink, saying, “Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to take Him down.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:17 - “He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’[fn] and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25 - “But I tell you truly, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:26 - “but to none of them was Elijah sent except to Zarephath,[fn] in the region 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 some that Elijah 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 - So they answered and said, “John the Baptist, but some say Elijah; and others say 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 behold, two men talked with Him, who were Moses and Elijah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:33 - Then it happened, as they were parting from Him, that Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—not knowing what he said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:21 - And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you 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, saying, “Why then do you baptize 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 cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:17 - Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
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