Definition

Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites

Etymology

or prolonged אֵלִיָּהוּ; from H410 (אֵל) and H3050 (יָהּ); God of Jehovah;

Word family

• אֵל ʼêl
• יָהּ Yâhh

How the KJV renders it

• Elijah
• Eliah

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.