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Lexicon :: Strong's G2243 - ēlias

Aa
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 29 times in 29 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:14 - “And if G1487 you are willing G2309 to accept G1209 it, John himself G846 is Elijah G2243 who [fn]was to come. G2064

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:14 - And they said, G3004 “Some G3588 G3303 say John G2491 the Baptist; G910 and others, G243 [fn]Elijah; G2243 but still others, G2087 [fn]Jeremiah, G2408 or G2228 one G1520 of the prophets.” G4396

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:3 - And behold, G2400 Moses G3475 and Elijah G2243 appeared G3708 to them, talking G4814 with Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:4 - Peter G4074 said G3004 to Jesus, G2424 “Lord, G2962 it is good G2570 for us to be here; G5602 if G1487 You wish, G2309 I will make G4160 three G5140 [fn]tabernacles G4633 here, G5602 one G1520 for You, and one G1520 for Moses, G3475 and one G1520 for Elijah.” G2243

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:10 - And His disciples G3101 asked G1905 Him, “Why G5101 then G3767 do the scribes G1122 say G3004 that Elijah G2243 must G1163 come G2064 first?” G4413

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:11 - And He answered G611 and said, G3004 “Elijah G2243 is coming G2064 and will restore G600 all G3956 things; G3956

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:12 - but I say G3004 to you that Elijah G2243 already G2235 came, G2064 and they did not recognize G1921 him, but did G4160 [fn]to him whatever G3745 they wished. G2309 So G3779 also G2532 the Son G5207 of Man G444 is going G3195 to suffer G3958 [fn]at their hands.” G5259

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:47 - And some G5100 of those G3588 who were standing G2476 there, G1563 when they heard G191 it, began saying, G3004 “This G3778 man G3778 is calling G5455 for Elijah.” G2243

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:49

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:49 - But the rest G3062 of them said, G3004 “[fn]Let G863 us see G3708 whether G1487 Elijah G2243 will come G2064 to save G4982 Him[fn].”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:15 - But others G243 were saying, G3004 “He is Elijah.” G2243 And others G243 were saying, G3004 “He is a prophet, G4396 like G5613 one G1520 of the prophets G4396 of old.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:28 - They told G3004 Him, saying, G3004 “John G2491 the Baptist; G910 and others G243 say Elijah; G2243 but others, G243 one G1520 of the prophets.” G4396

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:4 - Elijah G2243 appeared G3708 to them along G4862 with Moses; G3475 and they were talking G4814 with Jesus. G2424

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:5 - Peter G4074 *said G3004 to Jesus, G2424 “Rabbi, G4461 it is good G2570 for us to be here; G5602 let us make G4160 three G5140 [fn]tabernacles, G4633 one G1520 for You, and one G1520 for Moses, G3475 and one G1520 for Elijah.” G2243

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:11 - They asked G1905 Him, saying, G3004 “Why is it that the scribes G1122 say G3004 that Elijah G2243 must G1163 come G2064 first?” G4413

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:12 - And He said G5346 to them, “Elijah G2243 does first G4413 come G2064 and restore G600 all G3956 things. G3956 And yet how G4459 is it written G1125 of the Son G5207 of Man G444 that He will suffer G3958 many G4183 things G4183 and be treated G1847 with contempt? G1847

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:13 - “But I say G3004 to you that Elijah G2243 has [fn]indeed G2532 come, G2064 and they did G4160 to him whatever G3745 they wished, G2309 just G2531 as it is written G1125 of him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:35 - When some G5100 of the bystanders G3936 heard G191 it, they began saying, G3004 “Behold, G2396 He is calling G5455 for Elijah.” G2243

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:36 - Someone G5100 ran G5143 and filled G1072 a sponge G4699 with sour G3690 wine, G3690 put G4060 it on a reed, G2563 and gave G4222 Him a drink, G4222 saying, G3004 “[fn]Let G863 us see G3708 whether G1487 Elijah G2243 will come G2064 to take G2507 Him down.” G2507

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:17 - “It is he who will go G4281 as a forerunner before G1799 Him in the spirit G4151 and power G1411 of Elijah, G2243 TO TURN G1994 THE HEARTS G2588 OF THE FATHERS G3962 BACK G1994 TO THE CHILDREN G5043, and the disobedient G545 to the attitude G5428 of the righteous, G1342 so as to make G2090 ready G2090 a people G2992 prepared G2680 for the Lord.” G2962

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25 - “But I say G3004 to you in truth, G225 there were many G4183 widows G5503 in Israel G2474 in the days G2250 of Elijah, G2243 when G3753 the sky G3772 was shut G2808 up for three G5140 years G2094 and six G1803 months, G3376 when G5613 a great G3173 famine G3042 came G1096 over G1909 all G3956 the land; G1093

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:26 - and yet Elijah G2243 was sent G3992 to none G3762 of them, but only G1487 G3361 to [fn]Zarephath, G4558 in the land of Sidon, G4606 to a woman G1135 who was a widow. G5503

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:8 - and by some G5100 that Elijah G2243 had appeared, G5316 and by others G243 that one G5100 of the prophets G4396 of old G744 had risen G450 again. G450

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:19 - They answered G611 and said, G3004 “John G2491 the Baptist, G910 and others G243 say Elijah; G2243 but others, G243 that one G5100 of the prophets G4396 of old G744 has risen G450 again.” G450

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:30 - And behold, G2400 two G1417 men G435 were talking G4814 with Him; and they were Moses G3475 and Elijah, G2243

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:33 - And as [fn]these G846 were leaving G1316 Him, Peter G4074 said G3004 to Jesus, G2424 “Master, G1988 it is good G2570 for us to be here; G5602 let us make G4160 three G5140 [fn]tabernacles: G4633 one G1520 for You, and one G1520 for Moses, G3475 and one G1520 for Elijah” G2243—not realizing G6063 what G3739 he was saying. G3004

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:21 - They asked G2065 him, “What G5101 then? G3767 Are you Elijah?” G2243 And he *said, G3004 “I am G1510 not.” “Are you the Prophet?” G4396 And he answered, G611 “No.” G3756

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:25 - They asked G2065 him, and said G3004 to him, “Why G5101 then G3767 are you baptizing, G907 if G1487 you are not the [fn]Christ, G5547 nor G3761 Elijah, G2243 nor G3761 the Prophet?” G4396

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:2 - God G2316 has not rejected G683 His people G2992 whom G3739 He foreknew. G4267 Or G2228 do you not know G6063 what G5101 the Scripture G1124 says G3004 in the passage about Elijah, G2243 how G5613 he pleads G1793 with God G2316 against G2596 Israel? G2474

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:17 - Elijah G2243 was a man G444 with a nature G3663 like G3663 ours, G1473 and he prayed G4336 [fn]earnestly G4335 that it would not rain, G1026 and it did not rain G1026 on the earth G1093 for three G5140 years G1763 and six G1803 months. G3376
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