אליהו
Hebrew
Alternative forms
- אליה (eliyá)
Etymology
Theophoric, from אלי (Eli, “My God”) + ־יהו (-yáhu, “the LORD”)
Proper noun
אֵלִיָּהוּ • (eliyáhu) m
- Elijah (biblical character)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Elijah or Elias
Descendants
- → Chuvash: Илле (Ille)
- → English: Elijah
- → Koine Greek: Ἠλίας (Ēlías), Ἡλίᾱς (Hēlíās), Ἠλείᾱς (Ēleíās), Ἡλείᾱς (Hēleíās) (New Testament) (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Armenian: Եղիա (Ełia)
- Armenian: Եղիա (Eġia)
- → Ossetian: Илла (Illa)
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- → Persian: ایلیا (Iliyâ)
- → Yiddish: אליהו (elyohu)
- → Russian: Илья (Ilʹja)
- → Ukrainian: Ілля (Illja)
Yiddish
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew אֵלִיָּהוּ.
Proper noun
אליהו • (elyohu) m
- Elijah (biblical character)