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Lexicon :: Strong's G2243 - ēlias

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Ἠλίας
Transliteration
ēlias (Key)
Pronunciation
hay-lee'-as
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin אֵלִיָּה (H452)
Dictionary Aids

TDNT Reference: 2:928,306

Strong’s Definitions

†Ἡλίας Hēlías, hay-lee'-as; of Hebrew origin (H452); Helias (i.e. Elijah), an Israelite:—Elias.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's G2243 in the following manner: Elias (30x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's G2243 in the following manner: Elias (30x).

  1. Elijah = "my God is Jehovah"

    1. a prophet born at Thisbe, the unflinching champion of the theocracy in the reigns of the idolatrous kings Ahab and Ahaziah. He was taken up to heaven without dying, whence the Jews expected he would return just before the advent of the Messiah, whom he would prepare the minds of the Israelites to receive.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†Ἡλίας Hēlías, hay-lee'-as; of Hebrew origin (H452); Helias (i.e. Elijah), an Israelite:—Elias.
STRONGS G2243:
Ἠλίας ([so Rst elz G; WH Ἠλείας cf. WHs Appendix, p. 155; Tdf. Proleg., p. 84 and see ει, ι, but] L Tr Ἡλιάς, Tdf. Ἡλείας, [on the breathing in manuscripts see Tdf. Proleg., p. 107; WH. Introduction § 408; current editions, are not uniform]), -ου [Buttmann, 17 (16), 8; but once (namely, Luke 1:17 T Tr marginal reading WH) -α], 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 Tishbite], the unflinching champion of the theocracy in the reigns of the idolatrous kings Ahab and Ahaziah. He was taken up to heaven without dying, whence the Jews expected he would return just before the advent of the Messiah, whom he would prepare the minds of the Israelites to receive (1 Kings 17-19; 2 Kings 2:6ff; 2 Chronicles 21:12; Malachi 4:4 (Mal. 3:22); Sir. 48:1, 4, 12 [cf. Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, Appendix 8]): Matthew 11:14; Matthew 16:14; Matthew 17:3f, 10-12; Matthew 27:47, 49; Mark 6:15; Mark 8:28; Mark 9:4; Mark 9:11-13; Mark 15:35; Luke 1:17; Luke 4:25; Luke 9:8, 19, 30, 33, 54 [R G L]; John 1:21, 25; James 5:17; ἐν Ἠλίᾳ, in the narrative concerning Elijah, Romans 11:2 [see ἐν, I. 1 d.].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Kings
17; 18; 19
2 Kings
2:6
2 Chronicles
21:12
Malachi
4:4
Matthew
11:14; 16:14; 17; 17:3; 27:47; 27:49
Mark
6:15; 8:28; 9:4; 9:11; 9:12; 9:13; 15:35
Luke
1:17; 1:17; 4:25; 9:8; 9:19; 9:30; 9:33; 9:54
John
1:21; 1:25
Romans
11:2
James
5:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2243 matches the Greek Ἠλίας (ēlias),
which occurs 30 times in 30 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:14 - καὶ εἰ θέλετε δέξασθαι, αὐτός ἐστιν Ἠλίας G2243 ὁ μέλλων ἔρχεσθαι

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:14 - οἱ δὲ εἰπον, Οἱ μὲν Ἰωάννην τὸν βαπτιστήν, ἄλλοι δὲ Ἠλίαν, G2243 ἕτεροι δὲ Ἰερεμίαν, ἢ ἕνα τῶν προφητῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:3 - καὶ ἰδού, ὤφθησαν αὐτοῖς Μωσῆς καὶ Ἠλίας G2243 μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ συλλαλοῦντες

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:4 - ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Πέτρος εἰπεν τῷ Ἰησοῦ Κύριε καλόν ἐστιν ἡμᾶς ὧδε εἶναι· εἰ θέλεις ποιήσωμεν ὧδε τρεῖς σκηνάς, σοὶ μίαν καὶ Μωσῇ μίαν καὶ μίαν Ἠλίᾳ G2243

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:10 - καὶ ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ λέγοντες Τί οὖν οἱ γραμματεῖς λέγουσιν ὅτι Ἠλίαν G2243 δεῖ ἐλθεῖν πρῶτον

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:11 - ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Ἠλίας G2243 μὲν ἔρχεται πρῶτον καὶ ἀποκαταστήσει πάντα·

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:12 - λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν ὅτι Ἠλίας G2243 ἤδη ἦλθεν καὶ οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν αὐτὸν ἀλλ᾽ ἐποίησαν ἐν αὐτῷ ὅσα ἠθέλησαν· οὕτως καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μέλλει πάσχειν ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:47 - τινὲς δὲ τῶν ἐκεῖ ἑστώτων ἀκούσαντες ἔλεγον ὅτι Ἠλίαν G2243 φωνεῖ οὗτος

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:49

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:49 - οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ ἔλεγον Ἄφες ἴδωμεν εἰ ἔρχεται Ἠλίας G2243 σώσων αὐτόν

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:15 - ἄλλοι ἔλεγον ὅτι Ἠλίας G2243 ἐστίν· ἄλλοι δὲ ἔλεγον ὅτι προφήτης ἐστίν· ἢ ὡς εἷς τῶν προφητῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:28 - οἱ δὲ ἀπεκρίθησαν, Ἰωάννην τὸν βαπτιστήν καὶ ἄλλοι Ἠλίαν G2243 ἄλλοι δὲ ἕνα τῶν προφητῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:4 - καὶ ὤφθη αὐτοῖς Ἠλίας G2243 σὺν Μωσεῖ, καὶ ἦσαν συλλαλοῦντες τῷ Ἰησοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:5 - καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Πέτρος λέγει τῷ Ἰησοῦ Ῥαββί καλόν ἐστιν ἡμᾶς ὧδε εἶναι καὶ ποιήσωμεν σκηνάς τρεῖς σοὶ μίαν καὶ Μωσεῖ μίαν καὶ Ἠλίᾳ G2243 μίαν

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:11 - καὶ ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν λέγοντες Ὅτι λέγουσιν οἱ γραμματεῖς ὅτι Ἠλίαν G2243 δεῖ ἐλθεῖν πρῶτον

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:12 - ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Ἠλίας G2243 μὲν ἐλθὼν πρῶτον ἀποκαθιστᾳ πάντα· καὶ πῶς γέγραπται ἐπὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἵνα πολλὰ πάθῃ καὶ ἐξουδενώθη

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:13 - ἀλλὰ λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι καὶ Ἠλίας G2243 ἐλήλυθεν καὶ ἐποίησαν αὐτῷ ὅσα ἤθελησαν, καθὼς γέγραπται ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:35 - καί τινες τῶν παρεστηκότων ἀκούσαντες ἔλεγον Ἰδού, Ἠλίαν G2243 φωνεῖ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:36 - δραμὼν δέ εἶς καὶ γεμίσας σπόγγον ὄξους περιθεὶς τε καλάμῳ ἐπότιζεν αὐτόν λέγων, Ἄφετε ἴδωμεν εἰ ἔρχεται Ἠλίας G2243 καθελεῖν αὐτόν

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:17 - καὶ αὐτὸς προελεύσεται ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ἐν πνεύματι καὶ δυνάμει Ἠλίου G2243 ἐπιστρέψαι καρδίας πατέρων ἐπὶ τέκνα καὶ ἀπειθεῖς ἐν φρονήσει δικαίων ἑτοιμάσαι κυρίῳ λαὸν κατεσκευασμένον

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25 - ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείας δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν πολλαὶ χῆραι ἦσαν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἠλίου G2243 ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ ὅτε ἐκλείσθη ὁ οὐρανὸς ἐπὶ ἔτη τρία καὶ μῆνας ἕξ ὡς ἐγένετο λιμὸς μέγας ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:26 - καὶ πρὸς οὐδεμίαν αὐτῶν ἐπέμφθη Ἠλίας G2243 εἰ μὴ εἰς Σάρεπτα τῆς Σιδῶνος πρὸς γυναῖκα χήραν

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:8 - ὑπό τινων δὲ ὅτι Ἠλίας G2243 ἐφάνη ἄλλων δὲ ὅτι προφήτης εἷς τῶν ἀρχαίων ἀνέστη

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:19 - οἱ δὲ ἀποκριθέντες εἶπον, Ἰωάννην τὸν βαπτιστήν ἄλλοι δὲ Ἠλίαν G2243 ἄλλοι δὲ ὅτι προφήτης τις τῶν ἀρχαίων ἀνέστη

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:30 - καὶ ἰδού, ἄνδρες δύο συνελάλουν αὐτῷ οἵτινες ἦσαν Μωσῆς καὶ Ἠλίας G2243

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:33 - καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ διαχωρίζεσθαι αὐτοὺς ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ εἶπεν ὁ Πέτρος πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν Ἐπιστάτα καλόν ἐστιν ἡμᾶς ὧδε εἶναι καὶ ποιήσωμεν σκηνὰς τρεῖς μίαν σοὶ καὶ Μωσεῖ μίαν καὶ μίαν Ἠλίᾳ G2243 μὴ εἰδὼς ὃ λέγει

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:54 - ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωάννης εἶπον, Κύριε θέλεις εἴπωμεν πῦρ καταβῆναι ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἀναλῶσαι αὐτούς ὡς καὶ Ἠλίας G2243 ἐποίησεν

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:21 - καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτόν Τί οὖν Ἠλίας G2243 εἶ Σύ καὶ λέγει Οὐκ εἰμί Ὁ προφήτης εἶ σύ καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Οὔ

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:25 - καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ Τί οὖν βαπτίζεις εἰ σὺ οὐκ εἶ ὁ Χριστὸς οὔτε Ἠλίας G2243 οὔτε ὁ προφήτης

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:2 - οὐκ ἀπώσατο ὁ θεὸς τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ὃν προέγνω ἢ οὐκ οἴδατε ἐν Ἠλίᾳ G2243 τί λέγει ἡ γραφή ὡς ἐντυγχάνει τῷ θεῷ κατὰ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ λέγων,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:17 - Ἠλίας G2243 ἄνθρωπος ἦν ὁμοιοπαθὴς ἡμῖν καὶ προσευχῇ προσηύξατο τοῦ μὴ βρέξαι καὶ οὐκ ἔβρεξεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐνιαυτοὺς τρεῖς καὶ μῆνας ἕξ·
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