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Strong's #2243 - Ἡλίας
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Elijah = "my God is Jehovah"
- a prophet born at Thisbe, the unflinching champion of the theocracy in the reigns of the idolatrous kings Ahab and Ahaziah. He was taken up to heaven without dying, whence the Jews expected he would return just before the advent of the Messiah, whom he would prepare the minds of the Israelites to receive.
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Ἠλιάς ((so Rst elz G; WH Ἠλείας cf. WHs Appendix, p. 155; Tdf. Proleg., p. 84 and see εἰ, ἰ, but) L Tr Ἡλιάς, Tdf. Ἡλείας (on the breathing in manuscripts see Tdf. Proleg., p. 107; WH. Introductory § 408; current edd, are not uniform)), ἡλίου (Buttmann, 17 (16), 8; but once (viz. Luke 1:17 T Tr marginal reading WH) Ἠλίᾳ), ὁ (אֵלִיָּה or אֵלִיָּהוּ i. e. either 'strength of Jehovah' or 'my God is Jehovah'), Elijah, a prophet born at Thisbe (but see B. D. under the word, also under the word
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Ἡλείας
(Rec. Ἡλίας ; L Tr., Ἡίας ; T, Ἡλείας ; cf. WH, App., 155, Intr., § 408), -ου (-α , Luke 1:17, WH), ὁ (Heb. H452,),
Elijah (1 Kings 17:1-24, al.): Matthew 11:14; Matthew 16:14; Matthew 17:3-4; Matthew 17:10-12; Matthew 27:47; Matthew 27:49, Mark 6:15; Mark 8:28; Mark 9:4-5; Mark 9:11-13; Mark 15:35-36 Luke 1:17; Luke 4:25-26; Luke 9:8; Luke 9:19; Luke 9:30; Luke 9:33; Luke 9:54, John 1:21; John 1:25, James 5:17; ἐν Ἠ ., in the portion concerning E., Romans 11:2.†
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