Elijah

Definition: Elijah

Elijah

Noun

1. A Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols; he was persecuted for rebuking Ahab and Jezebel (king and queen of Israel); he was taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire (circa 9th century BC).

"Elijah" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "God the Lord", "the strong Lord", "the four letters", "be", "become".

Date "Elijah" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Bible	Elijah whose God is Jehovah. (1.) "The Tishbite," the "Elias" of the New Testament, is suddenly introduced to our notice in 1 Kings 17:1 as delivering a message from the Lord to Ahab. There is mention made of a town called Thisbe, south of Kadesh, but it is impossible to say whether this was the place referred to in the name given to the prophet. Having delivered his message to Ahab, he retired at the command of God to a hiding-place by the brook Cherith, beyond Jordan, where he was fed by ravens. When the brook dried up God sent him to the widow of Zarephath, a city of Zidon, from whose scanty store he was supported for the space of two years. During this period the widow's son died, and was restored to life by Elijah (1 Kings 17: 2-24). During all these two years a famine prevailed in the land. At the close of this period of retirement and of preparation for his work (comp. Gal. 1:17, 18) Elijah met Obadiah, one of Ahab's officers, whom he had sent out to seek for pasturage for the cattle, and bade him go and tell his master that Elijah was there. The king came and met Elijah, and reproached him as the troubler of Israel. It was then proposed that sacrifices should be publicly offered, for the purpose of determining whether Baal or Jehovah were the true God. This was done on Carmel, with the result that the people fell on their faces, crying, "The Lord, he is the God." Thus was accomplished the great work of Elijah's ministry. The prophets of Baal were then put to death by the order of Elijah. Not one of them escaped. Then immediately followed rain, according to the word of Elijah, and in answer to his prayer (James 5:18). Jezebel, enraged at the fate that had befallen her priests of Baal, threatened to put Elijah to death (1 Kings 19:1-13). He therefore fled in alarm to Beersheba, and thence went alone a day's journey into the wilderness, and sat down in despondency under a juniper tree. As he slept an angel touched him, and said unto him, "Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee." He arose and found a cake and a cruse of water. Having partaken of the provision thus miraculously supplied, he went forward on his solitary way for forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mount of God, where he took up his abode in a cave. Here the Lord appeared unto him and said, "What dost thou here, Elijah?" In answer to his despondent words God manifests to him his glory, and then directs him to return to Damascus and anoint Hazael king over Syria, and Jehu king over Israel, and Elisha to be prophet in his room (1 Kings 19:13-21; comp. 2 Kings 8:7-15; 9:1-10). Some six years after this he warned Ahab and Jezebel of the violent deaths they would die (1 Kings 21:19-24; 22:38). He also, four years afterwards, warned Ahaziah (q.v.), who had succeeded his father Ahab, of his approaching death (2 Kings 1:1-16). (See NABOTH.) During these intervals he probably withdrew to some quiet retirement, no one knew where. His interview with Ahaziah's messengers on the way to Ekron, and the account of the destruction of his captains with their fifties, suggest the idea that he may have been in retirement at this time on Mount Carmel. The time now drew near when he was to be taken up into heaven (2 Kings 2:1-12). He had a presentiment of what was awaiting him. He went down to Gilgal, where was a school of the prophets, and where his successor Elisha, whom he had anointed some years before, resided. Elisha was solemnized by the thought of his master's leaving him, and refused to be parted from him. "They two went on," and came to Bethel and Jericho, and crossed the Jordan, the waters of which were "divided hither and thither" when smitten with Elijah's mantle. Arrived at the borders of Gilead, which Elijah had left many years before, it "came to pass as they still went on and talked" they were suddenly separated by a chariot and horses of fire; and "Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven, "Elisha receiving his mantle, which fell from him as he ascended. No one of the old prophets is so frequently referred to in the New Testament. The priests and Levites said to the Baptist (John 1:25), "Why baptizest thou, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias?" Paul (Rom. 11:2) refers to an incident in his history to illustrate his argument that God had not cast away his people. James (5:17) finds in him an illustration of the power of prayer. (See also Luke 4:25; 9:54.) He was a type of John the Baptist in the sternness and power of his reproofs (Luke 9:8). He was the Elijah that "must first come" (Matt. 11:11, 14), the forerunner of our Lord announced by Malachi. Even outwardly the Baptist corresponded so closely to the earlier prophet that he might be styled a second Elijah. In him we see "the same connection with a wild and wilderness country; the same long retirement in the desert; the same sudden, startling entrance on his work (1 Kings 17:1; Luke 3:2); even the same dress, a hairy garment, and a leathern girdle about the loins (2 Kings 1:8; Matt. 3:4)." How deep the impression was which Elijah made "on the mind of the nation may be judged from the fixed belief, which rested on the words of Malachi (4:5, 6), which many centuries after prevailed that he would again appear for the relief and restoration of the country. Each remarkable person as he arrives on the scene, be his habits and characteristics what they may, the stern John equally with his gentle Successor, is proclaimed to be Elijah (Matt. 11:13, 14; 16:14; 17:10; Mark 9:11; 15:35; Luke 9:7, 8; John 1:21). His appearance in glory on the mount of transfiguration does not seem to have startled the disciples. They were 'sore afraid,' but not apparently surprised." (2.) The Elijah spoken of in 2 Chr. 21:12-15 is by some supposed to be a different person from the foregoing. He lived in the time of Jehoram, to whom he sent a letter of warning (comp. 1 Chr. 28:19; Jer. 36), and acted as a prophet in Judah; while the Tishbite was a prophet of the northern kingdom. But there does not seem any necessity for concluding that the writer of this letter was some other Elijah than the Tishbite. It may be supposed either that Elijah anticipated the character of Jehoram, and so wrote the warning message, which was preserved in the schools of the prophets till Jehoram ascended the throne after the Tishbite's translation, or that the translation did not actually take place till after the accession of Jehoram to the throne (2 Chr. 21:12; 2 Kings 8:16). The events of 2 Kings 2 may not be recorded in chronological order, and thus there may be room for the opinion that Elijah was still alive in the beginning of Jehoram's reign. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: Elijah

English words defined with "Elijah": Elijah Muhammad ♦ Jezebel. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Elijah": Carmelites ♦ Divinity in Odd Numbers, DOWIE ♦ God ♦ Jephthah ♦ Melons ♦ Obadiah, Ox-eye ♦ Sylvester. (references)

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Judgement Day for Elijah Jones (1966)

Elijah (1993)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Elijah Among Us: Understanding and Responding to God's Prophets Today (reference) Elijah Great Lives, Volume 5 (reference) Elijah Task (reference) Elijah, a Man Like Us (reference) Faith in the Face of Apostasy: The Gospel According to Elijah and Elisha (The Gospel According to the Old Testament) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Moses:Frogs and Bugs/Jesus is Visited by Elijah and Moses (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Elijah and Jerry using electro shocker for fish population study.Credit: Carol Kauder.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Human Rights	Kenya	There were no reported investigations into the following 1999 cases during the year: The July killings of Peter Kariuki, Jacob Anaseti, and Ramadhani Barula; the April killing of Ahluwalia Subir Ahluwalia; the March killing of Ibrahim Kullow Hussein; the February killing of Elijah Kimani Mwaura; and the February killing of David Muragi. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Elijah" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Elijah" is used about 75 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	75	38,535

The following table summarizes the usage of "Elijah" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Elijah	First name Male	19,000	491
Elijah	Last name	100	73,243
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"Elijah" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "God the Lord", "the strong Lord", "the four letters", "be", "become".

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "Elijah".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Ilie	N/A	Romanian	Same as Elijah
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
The following table summarizes names related to "Elijah."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Abijah	Male, Female	Biblical	Yahweh
Adalia	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Adonijah	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Amariah	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Azariah	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Benaiah	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Bithiah	Female	Biblical	Yahweh
Delaiah	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Elihu	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Elijah	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Elijah	N/A	Biblical	N/A
Hananiah	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Hezekiah	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Isaiah	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Ishmerai	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Jedidiah	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Jehoshaphat	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Jehu	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Jephthah	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Jeremiah	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Joab	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Joachim	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Joash	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Joel	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
John	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Jonathan	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Joshua	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Josiah	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Jotham	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Kenaniah	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Matthew	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Micah	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Micaiah	Male, Female	Biblical	Yahweh
Moriah	Female	Biblical	Yahweh
Nehemiah	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Neriah	Female	Biblical	Yahweh
Obadiah	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Tobiah	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Uriah	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Uzziah	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Zebadiah	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Zechariah	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Zedekiah	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Zephaniah	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Elijah	Male	English	Yahweh
Ellis	Male	English	Elijah
Isaiah	Male	English	Yahweh
Jeremiah	Male	English	Yahweh
Jessica	Female	English	Yahweh
Joachim	Male	English	Yahweh
Joel	Male	English	Yahweh
John	Male	English	Yahweh
Jonathan	Male	English	Yahweh
Joshua	Male	English	Yahweh
Josiah	Male	English	Yahweh
Matthew	Male	English	Yahweh
Micah	Male	English	Yahweh
Moriah	Female	English	Yahweh
Elias	Male	Finnish	Elijah
Joachim	Male	French	Yahweh
Joachim	Male	German	Yahweh
Elias	Male	Greek	Elijah
Íllés	Male	Hungarian	Elijah
Elias	Male	Hungarian	Elijah
Elia	Male	Italian	Elijah
Elijah	Male	Jewish	Yahweh
Eliyahu	Male	Jewish	Elijah
Isaiah	Male	Jewish	Yahweh
Jeremiah	Male	Jewish	Yahweh
Joel	Male	Jewish	Yahweh
Joachim	Male	Polish	Yahweh
Elias	Male	Portuguese	Elijah
Ilya	Male	Russian	Elijah
Elias	Male	Spanish	Elijah
Jehovah	Male	Theology	Yahweh
Yahveh	Male	Theology	Yahweh
Yahweh	Male	Theology	N/A
Ellis	Male	Welsh	Elijah
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression using "Elijah": Elijah Muhammad. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Elijah": Elijah-elisha, elijah-like.
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The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "Elijah"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Czech		Ilija. (various references)

Hungarian		Illés. (various references)

Pig Latin		elijahay.(various references)

Serbo-Croatian		elaja. (various references)

Turkish		Ýlyas. (various references)

Welsh		Eleias (Elias). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Date	Source	Mark Chapter 9, Verse 11
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai ephrwtwn auton legonteV oti legousin oi grammateiV oti hlian dei elqein prwton
Latin	405	Vulgate	Qui respondens ait illis Helias cum venerit primo restituet omnia et quomodo scriptum est in Filium hominis ut multa patiatur et contemnatur
Old English	990	West Saxon	And hyo hine axoden þa; hwæt seggedfarisei & þa bokeres þæt ge-byrað æresthelias cume.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And he answeride, and seide to hem, Whanne Helie cometh, he schal first restore alle thingis; and as it is writun of mannus sone, that he suffre many thingis, and be dispisid.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And they axed him sayinge: why then saye ye scribe that Helyas muste fyrste come?
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elijah must first come?
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Mark Chapter 9, Verse 11
Bulgarian	И попитаха �"о, казвайки: Защо думат книжниците, че трябва първо Илия да дойде?
Cebuano	Ug kaniya nangutana sila nga nanag-ingon, "Nganong magaingon man ang mga escriba nga si Elias kinahanglan kono nga mouna usa sa pag-anhi?"
Chinese	他們就問耶穌說、文士為 �"� 麼說、以利亞必 � � 先來。
Croatian	pa ga upitaju: "Zašto pismoznanci govore da prije treba da doðe Ilija?"
Danish	Og de spurgte ham og sagde: "De skriftkloge sige jo, at Elias bør først komme?"
Dutch	En zij vraagden Hem, zeggende: Waarom zeggen de Schriftgeleerden, dat Elias eerst komen moet?
Finnish	Ja he kysyivät häneltä sanoen: "Kirjanoppineethan sanovat, että Eliaan pitää tuleman ensin?"
French	Les disciples lui firent cette question: Pourquoi les scribes disent-ils qu`il faut qu`Élie vienne premièrement?
Gaelic	Agus dh`fharraid iad dheth, ag radh: Carson ma ta tha na Phairisich `s na Sgriobhaich a cantuinn, gum feum Elias tighinn an toiseachd?
German	Und sie fragten ihn und sprachen: Sagen doch die Schriftgelehrten, daß Elia muß zuvor kommen.
Haitian Creole	Twa disip yo poze l' keksyon sa a: -Poukisa dirèktè lalwa yo di: Se pou Eli vin anvan.
Hungarian	És megkérdezék õt, mondván: Miért mondják az írástudók, hogy elõbb Illésnek kell eljõnie?
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Maka mereka bertanya kepada-Nya, "Mengapa guru-guru agama berkata bahwa Elia mesti datang terlebih dahulu?"
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka bertanyalah mereka itu kepada Yesus, katanya, "Bukankah segala ahli Taurat mengatakan, bahwa tak dapat tiada Elias akan datang dahulu?"
Italian	E lo interrogarono: «Perché gli scribi dicono che prima deve venire Elia?».
Korean	이 에 예 수 께 묻 자 와 가 로 되 ` 어 찌 하 여 서 기 관 �"� 이 엘 리 야 가 먼 � � 와 야 하 리 라 하 나 이 까 ?'
Latvian	Viòð atbildçja un sacîja tiem: Elijs, protams, iepriekð atnâcis, visu atjaunos, tâpat kâ arî par Cilvçka Dçlu ir rakstîts, ka Viòam daudz bûs jâcieð un jâtop nicinâtam?
Maori	A ka ui ratou ki a ia, ka mea, he aha nga karaipi ka mea ai, ko Iraia kia matua puta mai?
Modern Greek	Και ηρωτων αυτον λεγοντες, �"ια τι λεγουσιν οι γραμματεις οτι πρεπει να ελθη ο Ηλιας πρωτον;
Norwegian	Og de spurte ham og sa: De skriftlærde sier jo at Elias først må komme?
Portuguese	Então lhe perguntaram: Por que dizem os escribas que é necessário que Elias venha primeiro?
Rumanian	Ucenicii I-au pus urmqtoarea kntrebare: ,,Pentruce zic cqrturarii cq trebuie sq vinq kntki Ilie?``
Russian	й У� ТПУЙМЙ еЗП: ЛБЛ ЦЕ ЛОЙЦОЙЛЙ ЗПЧПТСФ, ЮФП йМЙЙ ОБ�"МЕЦЙФ � ТЙ�"ФЙ � ТЕЦ�"Е?
Shuar	Tura Jesusan aniasarmiayi "¿Urukamtai Israerti ii jintinniurisha, Erías emka Tátiniaiti, tuinia?" tiarmiayi.
Spanish	Le preguntaron diciendo: --¿Por qué dicen los escribas que es necesario que Elías venga primero?
Swahili	Wakamwuliza Yesu, "Mbona walimu wa Sheria wanasema kwamba ni lazima Eliya aje kwanza?"
Swedish	Och de frågade honom och sade: "De skriftlärde säga ju att Elias först måste komma?"
Thai	เขาจึงทูลถามพระองค์ว่า "เหตุไฉนพวกธรรมาจารย์จึงว่าเอลียาห์จะต้องมาก่อน"
Ukrainian	І вони запитали Його та сказали: Що це книжники кажуть, ніби треба Іллі перш прийти?
Uma	Mepekune' -ramo hi Yesus, ra'uli': "Napa pai' guru agama mpo'uli' nabi Elia ncala' -di to ri'ulu rata, pai' lako' rata-idi Magau' Topetolo' -e?"
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings
	"Elijah" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aliyah, Elika, Elisah, Ilijaz. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-j-l"
	-2 letters: elhi, hail, haji, hale, heal, heil, hila, ilea, jail.
	-3 letters: ail, ale, hae, haj, hie, lea, lei, lie.
	-4 letters: ae, ah, ai, al, eh, el, ha, he, hi, la, li.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-j-l"
	+3 letters: jailhouse.
	+4 letters: jailhouses.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 6C 69 6A 61 68

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01101100 01101001 01101010 01100001 01101000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#108 &#105 &#106 &#97 &#104

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 006C 0069 006A 0061 0068

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
elijah wood	4,598
elijah wood picture	307
elijah list	194
elijah	187
elijah muhammad	94
elijah wood pic	90
elijah fan fiction wood	63
elijah mccoy	63
day of elijah	54
elijah wood photo	50
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Elijah

Definition: Elijah

Elijah

Noun

Specialty Definitions: Elijah

Specialty Definition: Elijah

Crosswords: Elijah

Modern Usage: Elijah

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Elijah

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Modern Translations: Elijah

Czech

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Bible Trace: Elijah

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Alternative Orthography: Elijah

45 6C 69 6A 61 68

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