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Elijah
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English
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Etymology
From en he אליהו Eliyahu Yahweh is my god. en Ilya Iliya. Compare en Joel. See also Arabic ar إلياس.
Pronunciation
en /ɪˈlaɪd͡ʒə/ /ɪˈlaɪʒə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Elijah.wav Southern England
en aɪdʒə aɪʒə 3
Proper noun
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en Q133507en Abrahamism biblical character An Israelite prophet in the Abrahamic religions.
Malachi 4 5 6 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord; And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
en unisex Hebrew chiefly male
en male Hebrew.
en 2005 Valerie Paradiz Elijah's Cup 102 184310802X "That's wonderful! What's his name?""Elijah.""Wow! A heavy-duty prophet's name!""Yeah, and he's certainly living up to it."
en female Hebrew chiefly Philippine.
en given names < Hebrew
Derived terms
en Elijah seat
Related terms
en Elisjsha Elianic Elias Eliot Elliot Elliott Ellis
Descendants
1 haw ʻElia
1 mi Irāia
Translations
biblical prophet
Arabic: ar إِيلِيَّا m used by Christians, ar إِلْيَاس m used by Muslims
Aramaic:
Syriac: syc ܐܠܝܐ eliya
Armenian: hy Եղիա
Old Armenian: xcl Եղիա
Bengali: bn ইলিয়াস disputed
Bulgarian: bg Или́я m
Catalan: ca Elies m
Cherokee: chr ᎢᎳᏯ, chr ᎢᎳᏣ
Comorian:
Maore Comorian: swb Eliya
Ngazidja Comorian: zdj Iliyasa
Czech: cs Eliáš
Danish: da Elias
Dutch: nl Elia m
Esperanto: eo Elija
Estonian: et Eelija
Farefare: gur Elia, gur Eliya
Finnish: fi Elia
French: fr Élie
Old French: fro Elyas
German: de Elia
Gothic: got 𐌷𐌴𐌻𐌹𐌰𐍃
Greek: el Ηλίας m
Ancient Greek: grc Ἠλίας m
Hawaiian: haw ʻElia
Hebrew: he אליהו m eliyáhu
Hindi: hi एलिय्याह m, hi इलियास m
Hungarian: hu Illés, hu Éliás
Ingrian: izh Iiliä
Italian: it Elia
Kazakh: kk Ілияс
Latin: la Ēliās, la Hēliās
Macedonian: mk Илија
Norwegian: no Elia
Pashto: ps الیاس m Ilyās
Persian: fa الیاس elyâs
Polish: pl Eliasz m-pr
Portuguese: pt Elias m
Romanian: ro Ilie
Russian: ru Илия́
Sicilian: scn Ilìa
Spanish: es Elías
Swedish: sv Elia
Turkish: tr İlyas
Ukrainian: uk Ілля́
Yiddish: yi אליהו m elyohu
male given name
Armenian: hy Եղիա
Old Armenian: xcl Եղիա
Belarusian: be Ілья Ilʹjá
Bengali: bn ইলিয়াস
Catalan: ca Elies m
Czech: cs Eliáš, cs Eliášek
Danish: da Elias
Estonian: et Elias
Faroese: fo Líggjas m
Finnish: fi Elias
French: fr Élie
German: de Elias
Greek: el Ηλίας m
Hawaiian: haw ʻElia
Hebrew: he אליהו m eliyáhu
Hindi: hi एलाइजा m
Hungarian: hu Illés, hu Éliás
Ingrian: izh Iiliä
Italian: it Elia
Kazakh: kk Ілияс
Latin: la Ēliās, la Hēliās
Macedonian: mk Илија
Māori: mi Irāia
Norwegian: no Elias
Persian: fa الیاس elyâs, fa ایلیا iliyâ
Polish: pl Eliasz m-pr
Portuguese: pt Elias m
Romanian: ro Ilie
Russian: ru Илья́
Sami:
Skolt Sami: sms E´llj
Sicilian: scn Ilìa, scn Lìa, scn Elìa Italianization
Spanish: es Elías
Swedish: sv Elias
Ukrainian: uk Ілля́