Elijah

English

Etymology

From Hebrew אליהו‎ (Eliyahu, “My God is Yahweh”). Confer with Joel.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɨˈlaɪd͡ʒə/, /ɨˈlaɪʒə/

Proper noun

Elijah

(religion) An Israelite prophet in the Abrahamic religions
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Malachi 4:5-6:
  
  Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD; And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
A male given name.
- 2005 Valerie Paradiz: Elijah's Cup →ISBN page 102:
  "That's wonderful! What's his name?"
  
  "Elijah."
  
  "Wow! A heavy-duty prophet's name!"
  
  "Yeah, and he's certainly living up to it."

Derived terms

Elijah seat

Related terms

Elias, Eliot, Elliot, Elliott, Ellis

Descendants

→ Hawaiian: ʻElia
→ Maori: Irāia

Translations

biblical prophet

Arabic: إِلْيَا‎ m (ʾilyā), إِلْيَاس‎ m (ʾilyās) (disputed)
Aramaic:
Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ‎ (eliya)
Armenian: Եղիա (Ełia)
Old Armenian: Եղիա (Ełia)
Czech: Eliáš
Danish: Elias
Dutch: Elia m
Esperanto: Elija
Estonian: Eelija
Finnish: Elia
French: Élie (fr)
Old French: Elyas
German: Elia
Greek:
Ancient: Ἠλίας m (Ēlías)
Hawaiian: ʻElia

Hebrew: אליהו‎ (eliyahu)
Hungarian: Illés (hu)
Italian: Elia (it)
Kazakh: Ілияс (İlïyas)
Macedonian: Илија (mk) (Ílija)
Maore Comorian: Eliya
Ngazidja Comorian: Iliyasa
Norwegian: Elia (no)
Persian: الیاس‎ (Eliās)
Portuguese: Elias (pt) m
Romanian: Ilie (ro)
Russian: Илия́ (ru) (Ilijá)
Spanish: Elías (es)
Swedish: Elia
Turkish: İlyas (tr)
Yiddish: אליהו‎ m (elyohu)

male given name

Armenian: Եղիա (Ełia)
Old Armenian: Եղիա (Ełia)
Catalan: Elies m
Czech: Eliáš, Eliášek
Danish: Elias
Estonian: Elias
Faroese: Líggjas m
Finnish: Elias (fi)
French: Élie (fr)
German: Elias (de)
Hawaiian: ʻElia

Italian: Elia (it)
Macedonian: Илија (mk) (Ílija)
Maori: Irāia
Norwegian: Elias (no)
Persian: الیاس‎ (Elyâs), ایلیا‎ (Iliyâ)
Portuguese: Elias (pt) m
Romanian: Ilie (ro)
Russian: Илья́ (ru) (Ilʹjá)
Skolt Sami: E´llj
Spanish: Elías (es)
Swedish: Elias (sv)

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