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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אֵלִיָּה

אֵלִיָּה

H452

Transliteration: ʼÊlîyâh

Pronunciation: ay-lee-yaw'

Definition: Elijah


Original: אליּהוּ אליּה

Transliteration: 'êlı̂yâh 'êlı̂yâhû

Phonetic: ay-lee-yaw'

BDB Definition:

Elijah or Eliah = "my God is Jehovah" or " Yah(u) is God"
  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

Origin: from H410" class="dictionary-topic-link">H410 and H3050" class="dictionary-topic-link">H3050

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine


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