King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H452
Transliteration: Eliyyah
Phonetic Spelling: (ay-lee-yaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "Yah is God", a well-known prophet of Isr., also three other Isr
Meaning: Elijah -- "Yah is God", a well-known prophet of Israel, also three other Israelites
Word Summary
Eliyyah: "Yah is God", a well-known prophet of Isr., also three other Isr
Original Word: אֵלִיָּהTransliteration: Eliyyah
Phonetic Spelling: (ay-lee-yaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "Yah is God", a well-known prophet of Isr., also three other Isr
Meaning: Elijah -- "Yah is God", a well-known prophet of Israel, also three other Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Elijah, Eliah Or prolonged teliyahuw {ay-lee-yaw'-hoo}; from 'el and Yahh; God of Jehovah; Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites -- Elijah, Eliah.
see HEBREW 'el
see HEBREW Yahh
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H452. Eliyyah
אֵלִיָּה 2 Kings 1:3-4t.; אֵלִיָּ֫הוּ 1 Kings 17:1 62t.; proper name, masculine (Yah(u) is God, compare יוֺאֵל)
a. Elijah, the great prophet of the reign of Ahab 1 Kings 17:1 65t. Kings; 2 Chronicles 21:12; Malachi 3:23.
b. Benjamite 1 Chronicles 8:27;
c. a priest of Ezra's time Ezra 10:21;
d. a son of Elam Ezra 10:26.