eliya · Elijah

What it means

eliya (אֵלִיָּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Elijah”.

A name meaning "my El is YHWH." It is the prophet from Gilead who confronted King Ahab and the worship of Baal (1 Kings 17–2 Kings 2); two other Israelites bear the same name (1 Chronicles 8:27; Ezra 10:21).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

• 1 Kings×42
• 2 Kings×24
• 1 Chronicles×1
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Ezra×2
• Malachi×1

• 1 Kings 17:1

  Elijah the Tishbite, of the residents of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As YHWH lives, the Elohim of Israel, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”

• 1 Kings 17:13

  Elijah said to her, “Do not be afraid. Go in, do as you have said; only make me from it a small cake first, and bring it out to me, and for yourself and for your son you shall make some afterward.

• 1 Kings 17:15

  She went and did according to the word of Elijah; and she and he and her household ate many days.

• 1 Kings 17:16

  The jar of flour was not used up, and the jug of oil did not run short, according to the word of YHWH that he spoke through Elijah.

• 1 Kings 17:18

  She said to Elijah, “What have I to do with you, man of Elohim? Have you come to me to bring to remembrance my iniquity and to put to death my son?”

• 1 Kings 17:22

  YHWH listened to the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the child returned into him, and he lived.

• 1 Kings 17:23

  Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house and gave him to his mother; and Elijah said, “See, your son is alive.”

• 1 Kings 17:24

  The woman said to Elijah, “Now this I know, that you are a man of Elohim, and the word of YHWH in your mouth is truth.”

• 1 Kings 18:1

  And it happened, after many days, that the word of YHWH came to Elijah in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will give rain on the face of the ground.”

• 1 Kings 18:2

  So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.

• 1 Kings 18:7

  As Obadiah was on the way, there was Elijah to meet him. He recognized him and fell on his face and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”

• 1 Kings 18:8

  He said to him, “It is I. Go, say to your lord, ‘Here is Elijah.’”

• 1 Kings 18:11

  And now you say, ‘Go, say to your lord, “Here is Elijah.”’

• 1 Kings 18:14

  And now you say, ‘Go, say to your lord, “Here is Elijah”’; and he will kill me.”

• 1 Kings 18:15

  Elijah said, “As YHWH Tsevaot lives, before whom I stand, surely today I will show myself to him.”

• 1 Kings 18:16

  So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

• 1 Kings 18:17

  And it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, “Is it you, the one who brings ruin on Israel?”

• 1 Kings 18:21

  Elijah came near to all the people and said, “How long will you go limping between the two opinions? If YHWH is Elohim, go after him; and if Baal, go after him.” And the people did not answer him a word.

• 1 Kings 18:22

  Elijah said to the people, “I am left a prophet of YHWH, I alone; and the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men.

• 1 Kings 18:25

  Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first, for you are the many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire to it.”

• 1 Kings 18:27

  And it happened at noon that Elijah mocked them and said, “Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god! Perhaps he is musing, or he has stepped aside, or he is on a journey; perhaps he is asleep and must wake up.”

• 1 Kings 18:30

  Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” And all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of YHWH that was torn down.

• 1 Kings 18:31

  Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of YHWH had come, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”

• 1 Kings 18:36

  And it happened, at the time of offering the grain offering, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, “YHWH, Elohim of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, today let it be known that you are Elohim in Israel, and I am your servant, and that by your word I have done all these things.

• 1 Kings 18:40

  Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon and slaughtered them there.

• 1 Kings 18:41

  Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of the roar of rain.”

• 1 Kings 18:42

  So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees.

• 1 Kings 18:46

  The hand of YHWH was on Elijah; and he girded his waist and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

• 1 Kings 19:1

  Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and all how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.

• 1 Kings 19:2

  Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do and so may they add, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”

• 1 Kings 19:9

  There he went into the cave and spent the night there. And the word of YHWH came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

• 1 Kings 19:13

  And it happened, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his cloak, and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And there, a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

• 1 Kings 19:19

  He went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat, who was plowing, twelve yoke of oxen were before him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah passed over to him and threw his cloak on him.

• 1 Kings 19:20

  He left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, “Let me kiss, please, my father and my mother, and I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go, go back, for what have I done to you?”

• 1 Kings 19:21

  He turned back from following him, and took the yoke of oxen and sacrificed it; and with the equipment of the oxen he boiled the meat, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he got up and went after Elijah and ministered to him.

• 1 Kings 21:17

  And the word of YHWH came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

• 1 Kings 21:20

  Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, my enemy?” He said, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the eyes of YHWH.

• 1 Kings 21:28

  And the word of YHWH came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

• 2 Kings 1:3

  But the angel of YHWH spoke to Elijah the Tishbite, “Get up, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no Elohim in Israel that you are going to consult Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’

• 2 Kings 1:4

  Therefore thus says YHWH, ‘From the bed to which you have gone up you will not come down, but you will surely die.’” And Elijah went.

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