Elijah: meaning of the name

Elijah in Hebrew and Greek

People named Elijah in the Bible

• Elijah

  92 verses · first mentioned in 1 Kings 17:1

• Elijah

  1 verse · first mentioned in Ezra 10:21

Elijah in Scripture

“Elijah” appears in 63 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

• 1 Kings 17:1

  And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

• 1 Kings 17:13

  And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.

• 1 Kings 17:15

  And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

• 1 Kings 17:16

  And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Elijah.

• 1 Kings 17:18

  And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?

• 1 Kings 17:22

  And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

• 1 Kings 17:23

  And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.

• 1 Kings 17:24

  And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in thy mouth is truth.