English Explanatory Dictionary

Elijah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An Israelite prophet in the Abrahamic religions.
  2. A male given name from Hebrew.
  3. A female given name from Hebrew, of chiefly Philippine usage.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈlaɪd͡ʒə/ /ɪˈlaɪʒə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Elijah.wav

Word forms

Elijah

Etymology

From Hebrew אליהו (Eliyahu, literally “Yahweh is my god”). Doublet of Ilya and Iliya. Compare Joel. See also Arabic إلياس.

Related words

Elisjsha Elianic Elias Eliot Elliot Elliott Ellis

Derived words

Elijah seat

Translations

Armenian: Եղիա Old Armenian: Եղիա Bengali: ইলিয়াস Catalan: Elies Czech: Eliáš Czech: Eliášek Danish: Elias Estonian: Elias Faroese: Líggjas Finnish: Elias French: Élie German: Elias Greek: Ηλίας Hawaiian: ʻElia Hebrew: אליהו Hindi: एलाइजा Hungarian: Illés Hungarian: Éliás Ingrian: Iiliä Italian: Elia Kazakh: Ілияс Latin: Ēliās Latin: Hēliās Macedonian: Илија Māori: Irāia Norwegian: Elias Persian: الیاس Persian: ایلیا Polish: Eliasz Portuguese: Elias Romanian: Ilie Russian: Илья́ Skolt-Sami: E´llj Sicilian: Ilìa Sicilian: Lìa Sicilian: Elìa (Italianization) Spanish: Elías Swedish: Elias Ukrainian: Ілля́
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