Strong's Number G2243

Ἡλίας

Helias · hay-lee'-as

Transliteration:

Helias{hay-lee'-as}

Word Origin:

of Hebrew origin 452

TDNT:

2:928,306

Part of Speech:

proper name masculine

Strong's Definition:

Helias (i.e. Elijah), an Israelite

Usage in the KJV:

Elias 30

Total: 30
Occurs 29 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

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.