Elijah
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Etymology
From Hebrew אליהו (Eliyahu, “My God is Yahweh”). Doublet of Ilya. Compare Joel. See also Arabic إلياس.
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Elijah
- (religion) An Israelite prophet in the Abrahamic religions.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Malachi 4:5–6:
- Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord; And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- 2005, Valerie Paradiz, Elijah's Cup, →ISBN, page 102:
- "That's wonderful! What's his name?"
"Elijah."
"Wow! A heavy-duty prophet's name!"
"Yeah, and he's certainly living up to it."
- A female given name from Hebrew, of chiefly Philippine usage.
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biblical prophet
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male given name
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