אֵלִיָּה

Strong’s Definition

Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

or prolonged אֵלִיָּהוּ; from H410 (אֵל) and H3050 (יָהּ); God of Jehovah;

KJV Usage

Elijah, Eliah.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.the great prophet of the reign of ahab
• 2.benjamite son of jeroham
• 3.a son of elam with foreign wife during exile
• 4.a son of harim, and priest, with foreign wife during exile

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼÊlîyâh; Pronunciation: ay-lee-yaw'