# H452 אֵלִיָּה

אֵלִיָּה (ʼÊlîyâh), Strong’s H452: Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites KJV: Elijah, Eliah.. Occurs 71 times.

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*ʼÊlîyâh* — Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites

KJV: Elijah, Eliah.

Built from [אֵל ʼêl](https://besorah.bible/word/H410) (strength) + [יָהּ Yâhh](https://besorah.bible/word/H3050) (Jah, the sacred name) — means “God of Jehovah”

Occurs 71 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֵלִיָּה; אֵלִיָּ֫הוּ n.pr.m. (Yah(u) is God)
- a Elijah, the great prophet of the reign of Ahab
- b Benjamite
- c a priest of Ezra’s time
- d a son of Elam

## Where it occurs
- [1 Kings 17:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/17?v=1) — Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives…
- [1 Kings 17:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/17?v=13) — Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you have said; but make me a little cake from it first, and bring it…
- [1 Kings 17:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/17?v=15) — She went and did according to the saying of Elijah; and she, he, and her household ate many days.
- [1 Kings 17:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/17?v=16) — The jar of meal didn’t run out and the jar of oil didn’t fail, according to the LORD’s word, which he spoke by Elijah.
- [1 Kings 17:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/17?v=18) — She said to Elijah, “What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to…
- [1 Kings 17:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/17?v=22) — The LORD listened to the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
- [1 Kings 17:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/17?v=23) — Elijah took the child and brought him down out of the room into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah…
- [1 Kings 17:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/17?v=24) — The woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the LORD’s word in your mouth is truth.”
- [1 Kings 18:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/18?v=1) — After many days, the LORD’s word came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send…
- [1 Kings 18:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/18?v=2) — Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.