Elijah

English

Etymology

From Hebrew אליהו (Eliyahu, “My God is Yahweh”). Doublet of Ilya. Compare Joel. See also Arabic إلياس.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈlaɪd͡ʒə/, /ɪˈlaɪʒə/
• Rhymes: -aɪdʒə, -aɪʒə

Proper noun

Elijah

1. (religion) An Israelite prophet in the Abrahamic religions.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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.

2. A male given name from Hebrew.
   • 2005, Valerie Paradiz, Elijah's Cup, →ISBN, page 102:

     "That's wonderful! What's his name?"
     "Elijah."
     "Wow! A heavy-duty prophet's name!"
     "Yeah, and he's certainly living up to it."

3. A female given name from Hebrew, of chiefly Philippine usage.

Derived terms

• Elijah seat

Related terms

• Elisjsha, Elias, Eliot, Elliot, Elliott, Ellis

Descendants

• → Hawaiian: ʻElia
• → Maori: Irāia

Translations

biblical prophet

• Arabic: إِيلِيَا m (ʔīliyā) (used by Christians), إِلْيَاس (ar) m (ʔilyās) (used by Muslims)
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ (eliya)

• Armenian: Եղիա (Eġia)

  Old Armenian: Եղիա (Ełia)

• Bengali: ইলিয়াস (bn) (iliẏaś) (disputed)
• Catalan: Elies m
• Czech: Eliáš
• Danish: Elias
• Dutch: Elia m
• Esperanto: Elija
• Estonian: Eelija
• Farefare: Elia, Eliya
• Finnish: Elia
• French: Élie (fr)

  Old French: Elyas

• German: Elia
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌴𐌻𐌹𐌰𐍃 (hēlias)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἠλίας m (Ēlías)

• Hawaiian: ʻElia
• Hebrew: אליהו (eliyahu)
• Hungarian: Illés (hu)
• Ingrian: Iiliä
• Italian: Elia (it)
• Kazakh: Ілияс (Iliäs)
• Latin: Ēliās, Hēliās
• Macedonian: Илија (mk) (Ilija)
• Maore Comorian: Eliya
• Ngazidja Comorian: Iliyasa
• Norwegian: Elia (no)
• Persian: الیاس (fa) (elyâs)
• Portuguese: Elias (pt) m
• Romanian: Ilie (ro)
• Russian: Илия́ (ru) (Ilijá)
• Sicilian: Ilìa
• Spanish: Elías (es)
• Swedish: Elia
• Turkish: İlyas (tr)
• Ukrainian: Ілля́ (Illjá)
• Yiddish: אליהו m (elyohu)

male given name

• Armenian: Եղիա (Eġia)

  Old Armenian: Եղիա (Ełia)

• Catalan: Elies m
• Czech: Eliáš, Eliášek
• Danish: Elias
• Estonian: Elias
• Faroese: Líggjas m
• Finnish: Elias (fi)
• French: Élie (fr)
• German: Elias (de)
• Hawaiian: ʻElia
• Ingrian: Iiliä
• Italian: Elia (it)
• Latin: Ēliās, Hēliās
• Macedonian: Илија (mk) (Ilija)
• Maori: Irāia
• Norwegian: Elias (no)
• Persian: الیاس (fa) (elyâs), ایلیا (iliyâ)
• Portuguese: Elias (pt) m
• Romanian: Ilie (ro)
• Russian: Илья́ (ru) (Ilʹjá)
• Sicilian: Ilìa, Lìa, Elìa (italianization)
• Skolt Sami: E´llj
• Spanish: Elías (es)
• Swedish: Elias (sv)
• Ukrainian: Ілля́ (Illjá)