Gender Masculine
Usage Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, English, Dutch, Greek, Amharic, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]
Pronounced Pron. /ɨ.ˈli.ɐʃ/(European Portuguese) /e.ˈli.ɐs/(Brazilian Portuguese) /e.ˈliː.as/(German) /ˈe.li.ɑs/(Finnish) /ɪ.ˈlaɪ.əs/(English) /i.ˈlaɪ.əs/(English) /ˈeː.li.jɑs/(Dutch) [key·simplify]
Meaning & History
Form of Elijah used in several languages. This is also the form used in the Greek New Testament, as well as some English translations.
Related Names
VariantsElis(Swedish) Eelis, Eljas(Finnish) Elian(Dutch) Ilias(Greek) Elijah(Biblical) Helias(Biblical Latin) Eliou(Biblical Greek)
DiminutiveLias(Swedish)
Feminine FormIliana(Greek)
Other Languages & CulturesIlyas(Arabic) Ilyes(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Ilia, Ilya(Belarusian) 'Eliyyahu(Biblical Hebrew) Ilia, Ilija, Iliya(Bulgarian) Ilija(Croatian) Eliáš, Ilja(Czech) Ilja(Estonian) Élie(French) Ilia(Georgian) Elijah, Eliya, Eliyahu(Hebrew) Illés, Éliás(Hungarian) Elías(Icelandic) Elia(Italian) Ilja, Elijas(Lithuanian) Ilija, Ile(Macedonian) Elis(Medieval English) Eliasz(Polish) Ilie(Romanian) Ilia, Ilja, Ilya(Russian) Ilija(Serbian) Elías(Spanish) İlyas(Turkish) Illya(Ukrainian)
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Sources & References
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g2243, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g2243.
