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אֵלִיָּה

ʼÊlîyâh · H452 · Hebrew · proper noun · 71 occurrences

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This name belongs to 4 people

Meanings

  1. Elijah

    Man; from Tishbe; prophet; time of Ahab

    Examples

    1 Kings 17:1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall certainly be neither dew nor rain during these years, except by my word.”

    1 Kings 17:13 However, Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go, do as you have said. Just make me a little bread loaf from it first and bring it out to me, and afterward you may make one for yourself and for your son.

    1 Kings 17:15 So she went and did everything in accordance with the word of Elijah, and she and he and her household ate for many days.

  2. Elijah

    Man; son of Jeroham; tribe of Benjamin; family head

    Examples

    1 Chronicles 8:27 Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri were the sons of Jeroham.

  3. Elijah

    Man; descendant of Harim; married a non-Israelite woman; after exile

    Examples

    Ezra 10:21 and of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah;

  4. Elijah

    Man; descendant of Elam; married a non-Israelite woman; after exile

    Examples

    Ezra 10:26 and of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah;

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Named alongside itApposition

11 occurrences in 4 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

31 occurrences in 12 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

4 occurrences in 4 groups

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

14 occurrences in 3 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

8 occurrences in 6 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry
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אֵלִיָּה is the personal name of the prophet Elijah, who confronted Ahab over Israel's unfaithfulness.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H452. Eliyyah אֵלִיָּה 2Ki 1:3-4t.; אֵלִיָּ֫הוּ 1Ki 17:1 62t.; proper name, masculine…
H452. Eliyyah
אֵלִיָּה 2Ki 1:3-4t.; אֵלִיָּ֫הוּ 1Ki 17:1 62t.; proper name, masculine (Yah(u) is God, compare יוֺאֵל)
a. Elijah, the great prophet of the reign of Ahab 1Ki 17:1 65t. Kings; 2Ch 21:12; Malachi 3:23.
b. Benjamite 1Ch 8:27;
c. a priest of Ezra's time Ezr 10:21;
d. a son of Elam Ezr 10:26.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Names of People71 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

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