G2243GreekἨleías
Ἠλείας
helias (i.e., elijah), an israelite
29
Total Occurrences
6
Books
0
Old Testament
29
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1the old testament prophet elijah
Etymology & Derivation
of hebrew origin (h0452)
Scholarly Notes
he was 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.