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Elijah (/ ɪ ˈ l aɪ dʒ ə / il-EYE-jə) [a] or Elias was a prophet and miracle worker who lived in the northern kingdom of Israel [14] 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.
El is the name of a Semitic deity that is used in the Bible as a name for the god of the Israelites, and -i is the suffix for the genitive form ("mine"). In the United States, the popularity of the given name Eli was hovering around rank 200 in the 1880s. It declined gradually during the late 19th and early-to-mid 20th centuries, falling below ...
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 ...
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In the next verse, in both accounts, some who hear Jesus's cry imagine that he is calling for help from Elijah (Ēlīyā in Aramaic). Almost all ancient Greek manuscripts show signs of trying to normalize the two slightly different versions of Jesus's saying, presented in Mark and Matthew.
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.
Eliahu or Eliyahu is a masculine Hebrew given name and surname of biblical origin. It means "My God is Yahweh" [1] and derives from the prophet Elijah who, according to the Bible, lived during the reign of King Ahab (9th century BCE).
Elisha's story is related in the Books of Kings (Second Scroll, chapters 2–14) [dubious – discuss] in the Hebrew Bible (part of the Nevi'im).According to this story, he was a prophet and a wonder-worker of the Kingdom of Israel who was active during the reigns of Joram, Jehu, Jehoahaz, and Jehoash (Joash). [5]