Forms of the word

Dictionary
Ἠλίας, -ου, ὁ
Greek transliteration
ēlias
Simplified transliteration
elias

Numbers

Strong's number
2243
GK Number
2460

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
29
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-1d
Gloss
Elijah, Yahweh is [my] God
Definition
Elijah, pr name, (1 Ki. 17-20), Mt. 11:14; 17:3f.; Mk. 15:35f.; Lk. 1:7; Jn. 1:21; Jas. 5:17

Greek-English Concordance for Ἠλίας

John 1:21 So they asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” (ēlias | Ἠλίας | nom sg masc) And he said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he replied, “No.”
John 1:25 So they asked him, saying, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah (ēlias | Ἠλίας | nom sg masc), nor the Prophet?”
Romans 11:2 God has not repudiated his people whom he foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah (ēlia | Ἠλίᾳ | dat sg masc), how he pleads with God against Israel?
James 5:17 Elijah (ēlias | Ἠλίας | nom sg masc) was a man exactly like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months no rain fell on the earth.

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