Lexical Summary Ēlias: Elijah, an Israelite prophet Original Word: ἨλίαςTransliteration: Ēlias Phonetic Spelling: (hay-lee'-as) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: Elijah, an Israelite prophet Meaning: Elijah -- an Israelite prophet Strong's Concordance Elias. Of Hebrew origin ('Eliyah); Helias (i.e. Elijah), an Israelite -- Elias. see HEBREW 'Eliyah Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2243: ἨλιάςἨλιάς ((so Rst elz G; WH Ἠλείας cf. WHs Appendix, p. 155; Tdf. Proleg., p. 84 and see εἰ, ἰ, but) L Tr Ἡλιάς, Tdf. Ἡλείας (on the breathing in manuscripts see Tdf. Proleg., p. 107; WH. Introductory § 408; current edd, are not uniform)), ἡλίου (Buttmann, 17 (16), 8; but once (viz. Luke 1:17 T Tr marginal reading WH) Ἠλίᾳ), ὁ (אֵלִיָּה or אֵלִיָּהוּ i. e. either 'strength of Jehovah' or 'my God is Jehovah'), Elijah, a prophet born at Thisbe (but see B. D. under the word, also under the word |