Forms of the word
Greek transliteration
ēlias
Simplified transliteration
elias
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. |