אֵלִיָּה
ʼÊlîyâh · ay-lee-yaw'
Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or prolonged אֵלִיָּהוּ; from H410 (אֵל) and H3050 (יָהּ); God of Jehovah;
Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Elijah, Eliah.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֵלִיָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
71 occurrences · 71 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and elijah23 · 32%
- elijah11 · 15%
- of elijah7 · 10%
- to elijah4 · 6%
- behold, elijah4 · 6%
- that elijah4 · 6%
- unto elijah3 · 4%
- came to elijah3 · 4%
- and eliah2 · 3%
- them: and elijah1 · 1%
- was on elijah1 · 1%
- all that elijah1 · 1%
- unto him, what doest thou here, elijah1 · 1%
- and it was so, when elijah1 · 1%
- what doest thou here, elijah1 · 1%
- it is elijah1 · 1%
- which elijah1 · 1%
- to him from elijah1 · 1%
- you elijah1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.