Definition of Elijah

1. Noun. A Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols; he was persecuted for rebuking Ahab and Jezebel (king and queen of Israel); he was taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire (circa 9th century BC).

Generic synonyms: Prophet

Definition of Elijah

1. Proper noun. (biblical character) An Israelite prophet from the Old Testament ¹

2. Proper noun. (Hebrew male given name). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elijah

Eli
Eli Whitney
Elia
Elias
Elias Canetti
Elias Howe
Elie Metchnikoff
Elie Metchnikov
Elie Wiesel
Eliel
Eliel Saarinen
Eliezer
Eliezer Wiesel
Elihu Thomson
Elihu Yale
Elijah (current term)
Elijah Muhammad
Eliniko
Elinikon
Elinor
Elinor Morton Hoyt Wylie
Elinvar
Eliomys
Eliot
Eliotian
Elis
Elisabeth
Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun
Elisabethville
Elise

Literary usage of Elijah

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"Elijah (" My God is Yahweh ") was perhaps the greatest of the prophets of the ... The public appearance of Elijah occurred during the reign of Ahab (now ..."

2. A Dictionary of the Bible, Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Robertson Smith (1896)
"The attendant and disciple of Elijah, and subsequently his successor as ... The earliest mention of his oame is in the command to Elijah in the cave л£ ..."

3. The History of Our Lord as Exemplified in Works of Art: With that of His by Jameson (Anna), Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake (1872)
"Elijah THE TISHBITE is one of those names in the Old Testament which suggest ideas ... Elijah is sometimes considered a type of Christ, and his very name is ..."

4. The Gospel of Matthew: An Exposition by Arno Clemens Gaebelein (1907)
"This brings before us the questions, when will the Elijah who restores all things appear? where will he appear, and what will his work be? ..."

5. The History of Our Lord as Exemplified in Works of Art: With that of His by Jameson (Anna), Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake (1872)
"The rival sacrifices of Elijah and the priests of Baal, on Mount Carmel, is a subject seen in illustrated Bibles. In a French Bible of the 15th century, ..."

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