אֵלִיָּה

e.liy.yah

Hebrew H0452 Personal name, masculine 71 occurrences in 65 verses

אֵלִיָּה Elijah

A prophet living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.17.1

Also named: Hēlias (Ἡλίας "Elijah" G2243)

§ Elijah or Eliah = "my God is Jehovah" or "Yah(u) is God"

1. the great prophet of the reign of Ahab

2. Benjamite son of Jeroham

3. a son of Elam with foreign wife during exile

4. a son of Harim, and priest, with foreign wife during exile

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 65 verses

1 Kings 17:1 אֵלִיָּ֨הוּ

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
1 Kings 17:13 אֵלִיָּ֙הוּ֙

“Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,
1 Kings 17:15 אֵלִיָּ֑הוּ

So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household.
1 Kings 17:16 אֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃פ

The jar of flour was not exhausted and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Elijah.
1 Kings 17:18 אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ

“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”
1 Kings 17:22 אֵלִיָּ֑הוּ

And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.
1 Kings 17:23 אֵלִיָּ֜הוּאֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ

Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.
1 Kings 17:24 אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ

Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is truth.”
1 Kings 18:1 אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ

After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”
1 Kings 18:2 אֵֽלִיָּ֔הוּ

So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,
1 Kings 18:7 אֵלִיָּ֖הוּאֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃

Now as Obadiah went on his way, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell facedown and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
1 Kings 18:8 אֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃

“It is I,” he answered. “Go tell your master, ‘Elijah is here!’”
1 Kings 18:11 אֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃

And now you say, ‘Go tell your master that Elijah is here!’
1 Kings 18:14 אֵלִיָּ֑הוּ

And now you say, ‘Go tell your lord that Elijah is here!’ He will kill me!”
1 Kings 18:15 אֵֽלִיָּ֔הוּ

Then Elijah said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today.”
1 Kings 18:16 אֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃

So Obadiah went to inform Ahab, who went to meet Elijah.
1 Kings 18:17 אֵלִיָּ֑הוּ

When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”
1 Kings 18:21 אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ

Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
1 Kings 18:22 אֵלִיָּ֙הוּ֙

Then Elijah said to the people, “I am the only remaining prophet of the LORD, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets.
1 Kings 18:25 אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ

Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Since you are so numerous, choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first. Then call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.”
1 Kings 18:27 אֵלִיָּ֗הוּ

At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”
1 Kings 18:30 אֵלִיָּ֤הוּ

Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.
1 Kings 18:31 אֵלִיָּ֗הוּ

And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”
1 Kings 18:36 אֵלִיָּ֣הוּ

At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.
1 Kings 18:40 אֵלִיָּ֨הוּאֵלִיָּ֙הוּ֙

Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.
1 Kings 18:41 אֵלִיָּ֙הוּ֙

And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”
1 Kings 18:42 וְאֵ֨לִיָּ֜הוּ

So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.
1 Kings 18:46 אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ

And the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.
1 Kings 19:1 אֵלִיָּ֑הוּ

Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
1 Kings 19:2 אֵלִיָּ֖הוּ

So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”
1 Kings 19:9 אֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃

There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
1 Kings 19:13 אֵלִיָּ֗הוּאֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃

When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
1 Kings 19:19 אֵלִיָּ֙הוּ֙

So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.
1 Kings 19:20 אֵֽלִיָּ֔הוּ

So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”
1 Kings 19:21 אֵלִיָּ֖הוּ

So Elisha turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. With the oxen’s equipment, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow and serve Elijah.
1 Kings 21:17 אֵלִיָּ֥הוּ

Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
1 Kings 21:20 אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ

When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.
1 Kings 21:28 אֵלִיָּ֥הוּ

Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying:
2 Kings 1:3 אֵלִיָּ֣ה

But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’
2 Kings 1:4 אֵלִיָּֽה׃

Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’” So Elijah departed.
2 Kings 1:8 אֵלִיָּ֥ה

“He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.
2 Kings 1:10 אֵלִיָּ֗הוּ

Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.
2 Kings 1:12 אֵלִיָּה֮

Again Elijah replied, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.
2 Kings 1:13 אֵלִיָּ֗הוּ

So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants please be precious in your sight.
2 Kings 1:15 אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ

Then the angel of the LORD said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Do not be afraid of him.” So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.
2 Kings 1:17 אֵלִיָּ֗הוּ

So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. And since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah.
2 Kings 2:1 אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּאֵלִיָּ֛הוּ

Shortly before the LORD took Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal,
2 Kings 2:2 אֵלִיָּ֨הוּ

and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
2 Kings 2:4 אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ

And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.
2 Kings 2:6 אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ

And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.