Lexical Summary Eliyyah: "Yah is God", a well-known prophet of Isr., also three other Isr Original Word: אֵלִיָּהTransliteration: Eliyyah Phonetic Spelling: (ay-lee-yaw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "Yah is God", a well-known prophet of Isr., also three other Isr Meaning: Elijah -- "Yah is God", a well-known prophet of Israel, also three other Israelites Strong's Concordance Elijah, Eliah Or prolonged teliyahuw {ay-lee-yaw'-hoo}; from 'el and Yahh; God of Jehovah; Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites -- Elijah, Eliah. see HEBREW 'el see HEBREW Yahh Brown-Driver-Briggs H452. Eliyyah אֵלִיָּה 2 Kings 1:3-4t.; אֵלִיָּ֫הוּ 1 Kings 17:1 62t.; proper name, masculine (Yah(u) is God, compare יוֺאֵל) a. Elijah, the great prophet of the reign of Ahab 1 Kings 17:1 65t. Kings; 2 Chronicles 21:12; Malachi 3:23. b. Benjamite 1 Chronicles 8:27; c. a priest of Ezra's time Ezra 10:21; d. a son of Elam Ezra 10:26. |
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