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Elijah. Elijah (/ ɪˈlaɪdʒə / il-EYE-jə) [a] was a prophet and a miracle worker who lived in the northern kingdom of Israel [12] during the reign of King Ahab (9th century BC), according to the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible. In 1 Kings 18, Elijah defended the worship of the Hebrew deity Yahweh over that of the Canaanite deity Baal.
Eli (name) Eli as a name has two different meanings, both originating in the Hebrew Bible. Eli can be used for males (Hebrew tradition) or females (Scandinavian tradition). Hebrew origin, from Biblical עֵלִי "ascent", spelled with the Hebrew letter ayin in the beginning, the name of Eli, the high priest in the Books of Samuel.
Elijah (Hebrew: אֵלִיָּהוּ, Eliyahu, meaning "My God is Yahweh / YHWH ") is a masculine given name after the prophet Elijah in the Hebrew Bible. Elijah was among the five most popular names for Black newborn boys in the American state of Virginia in 2022 and again in 2023. [1][2] In 2022, it was the 37th most popular name given to ...
Elias on Mount Horeb, as depicted in a Greek Orthodox icon.. Elias (/ ɪ ˈ l aɪ ə s / il-EYE-əs; Ancient Greek: Ἠλίας, romanized: Elías) is the hellenized version for the name of Elijah (Hebrew: אֵלִיָּהוּ, romanized: ʾĒlīyyāhū; Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ, romanized: Elyāe; Arabic: إلیاس, romanized: Ilyās, or إلیا, Ilyā), a prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel ...
Elijah " Lije " Baley is a fictional character in Isaac Asimov 's Robot series. He is the main character of the novels The Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun and The Robots of Dawn, and of the short story " Mirror Image." He is seen in flashbacks several times and talked about frequently in Robots and Empire, which is set roughly 160 years after his ...
Tishbe. Tishbe, sometimes transliterated as Thisbe, [1] is a town mentioned in the Hebrew Bible 's First Book of Kings, 1 Kings 17:1, as the residence and possibly even birthplace of the prophet Elijah, known as the Tishbite. It is placed by the biblical text in the historical region of Gilead, [2] now in the western part of modern-day Jordan.
Elisha (/ əˈlaɪʃə /; [1] Hebrew: אֱלִישָׁע, Modern: ʼElīšaʻ, Tiberian: ʼĔlīšāʻ, 'My God is salvation' or 'God is my salvation'; Koine Greek: Ἐλισ [σ]αῖος Elis [s]aîos or Ἐλισαιέ Elisaié; Latin: Eliseus) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, a Jewish prophet and a wonder-worker. His name is commonly ...
Ilya Stepanovich Igolkin, a character in Vladimir Obruchev's Plutonia. Ilya (Ilyusha) Snegiryov, a character in Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. Ilya, Also known as Julian Devorak, plague doctor from mobile dating simulator game "The Arcana". Illyasviel von Einzbern, a character in Fate series by Type-Moon.