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“Eliah” From
Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(
God
the
Lord
). (1) A Benjamite chief (
1 Chron. 8:27
27
And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. (1 Chronicles 8:27)
). (2) One of the returned (
Ezra 10:26
26
And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah. (Ezra 10:26)
).
“Elijah” From
Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(
God
is God). (1)
The
prophet
;
Elias
in N. T. (
Matt. 17:3
3
And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. (Matthew 17:3)
). A
Tishbite
of
Gilead
; appears suddenly; is fed by ravens; restores the widow’s
son
(
1 Kings 17:1-24
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.
2
And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,
3
Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
4
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
5
So he went and did according unto the word of the Lord: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
6
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
7
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
8
And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,
9
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
10
So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
11
And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
12
And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
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.
14
For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.
15
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
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.
17
And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
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?
19
And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
20
And he cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
21
And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.
22
And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
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.
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. (1 Kings 17:1‑24)
); invokes
fire
on
the prophets
of
Baal
(
1 Kings 18:17-40
17
And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
18
And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim.
19
Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
20
So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
21
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
22
Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the Lord; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
23
Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:
24
And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
25
And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.
26
And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
27
And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
28
And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
29
And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
30
And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down.
31
And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
32
And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
33
And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
34
And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.
35
And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
36
And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
37
Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
38
Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
39
And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God.
40
And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. (1 Kings 18:17‑40)
); anoints
Hazael
,
Jehu
, and
Elisha
(1 Kings 19); denounces
Ahab
and
Jezebel
(
1 Kings 21:17-24
17
And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
18
Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.
19
And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
20
And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord.
21
Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,
22
And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.
23
And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
24
Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat. (1 Kings 21:17‑24)
); is translated in a
chariot
of fire (2 Kings 2); reappears on the mount of
Transfiguration
(
Luke 9:28-35
28
And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
29
And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
30
And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias:
31
Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.
32
But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.
33
And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.
34
While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.
35
And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. (Luke 9:28‑35)
). (2) A son of
Harim
(
Ezra 10:21
21
And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. (Ezra 10:21)
).
“Eliah” From
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
1.
Son
of
Jeroham
, and one of the heads of the tribe of
Benjamin
(
1 Chron. 8:27
27
And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. (1 Chronicles 8:27)
).
2.
One who had married a strange wife (
Ezra 10:26
26
And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah. (Ezra 10:26)
).
“Elijah” From
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
This remarkable
prophet
is introduced abruptly in
scripture
in the midst of the
apostasy
of the
kingdom
of
Israel
, which was brought to a
head
in the reign of
Ahab
. The object of his ministry was to recover the people to the
God
they had forsaken. This will explain the miraculous displays accompanying his
testimony
, by which the people were left without excuse. It may be noted however that the
miracles
had a judicial character. He shut
heaven
that it did not
rain
, and he called
fire
down on the captains and their fifties. They were intended to recall the people to their allegiance and responsibility to God.
He is called “
Elijah
the
Tishbite
who was of the inhabitants of
Gilead
” (
1 Kings 17:1
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 17:1)
), and with no further introduction he delivered a message to Ahab of fearful import to Israel, that there should be no rain or
dew
these years but according to his word. In the
Epistle of
James we learn that what was pronounced so boldly in public was the outcome of inward exercise and
earnest
prayer
. He forthwith retired from the public eye, and was miraculously cared for at the
brook
Cherith
, being fed with
bread
and
flesh
morning and
evening
by ravens. The brook at length becoming dry, he went to
Zarephath
belonging to
Zidon
at the commandment of the
Lord
, where he lodged with a
poor
widow, whose
faith
was tested at the outset by
the prophet
’s request that she should provide for his need first from her slender store of meal and
oil
, on the
assurance
of the Lord God of Israel that her
barrel
of meal and
cruse
of oil should not waste till He sent rain on the
earth
. She was further tested by the
death
of her
son
, upon which the
power
of God in
resurrection
was taught her through the instrumentality of the prophet. The
soul
of the child came again into him and he revived. This widow is referred to in
Luke
’s Gospel along with the case of
Naaman
the
Syrian
, as illustrating the abounding of the
grace
of God beyond the limits of Israel (1 Kings 17).
In the third
year
the
time
had at length arrived for the rights of
Jehovah
to be vindicated before all Israel, to the confusion of the followers of
Baal
. Elijah under the full direction of the Lord came forth from his mysterious retreat, and showed himself to
Obadiah
, the
governor
of Ahab’s
house
, who was engaged in searching the land for provender. This
man
, though in such apostate surroundings, was truly pious, and had befriended Jehovah’s prophets when
Jezebel
had sought to slay them. Assured by Elijah that he was ready to show himself to Ahab (though this latter had in vain sought him in many kingdoms to wreak vengeance on him for the prolonged drought), he reported Elijah’s appearance, and the prophet and king were soon face to face. Charged with troubling Israel, the prophet in the power of God rejoined that the guilt of this lay on Ahab and on his house, in forsaking Jehovah for Baal. He directed him to call all
the prophets
of Baal together to Mount
Carmel
, and there before the assembled throng of Israel he stood alone for God. Nothing can exceed the interest of this moment when the question raised was whether Jehovah or Baal was the God. Sustained by the mighty power of Jehovah, His
faithful
servant
directed everything. The issue is presented: the prophets of Baal offered their
sacrifice
, and from morning till noon in vain implored the intervention of their god. There was no voice nor any that regarded. Their failure being patent to all, Elijah then invited the people to draw near. He repaired Jehovah’s
altar
that was broken down, building it of
twelve
stones
, according to the number of the tribes of Israel, he offered his sacrifice, deluged
three
times
with water the altar,
wood
, and victim, till the trench around the altar was full; then offered up in the hearing of Israel an affecting prayer to the “Jehovah God of
Abraham
,
Isaac
, and of Israel,” upon which the fire of the Lord fell, and all was consumed, the sacrifice, wood, stones,
dust
, and water. “Jehovah, He is the God” was the twice repeated cry of Israel in view of these things; and, controlled by the power of God in the prophet, they, at his bidding, seized the prophets of Baal, who were to a man slain by him. Upon this he told Ahab that there was a sound of abundance of rain, while he himself retired to the top of Carmel to note the first indications of the approaching
blessing
; and then, still in the power of God, he ran before Ahab’s
chariot
to the entrance of
Jezreel
(1 Kings 18).
Jezebel let him know that her vengeance was at hand; and at the threat of this terrible
woman
, the prophet, lately so bold, fled the country. We now see Elijah in the
wilderness
, a weak and timid man, weary of the conflict, occupied with himself rather than the Lord, and asking to be allowed to die. Sustained by miraculous food, he went in the strength of it for forty days and nights to
Horeb
, the mount of God. Here the Lord dealt most graciously with his poor and feeble servant, who is found pleading his own
jealousy
for God while interceding against Israel.
Wind
,
earthquake
, and fire would have well suited the prophet in his frame of mind, but the still small voice was that of the Lord, and Elijah had to learn that He had not given up His people. He had yet 7000 whose knees had not bowed to Baal. But Elijah was to anoint
Hazael
to be king over
Syria
,
Jehu
to be king over Israel, and
Elisha
to be prophet in his room.
Judgment
should be executed where necessary and by instruments prepared of God. Elijah thereupon departed, and finding Elisha threw upon him his
mantle
(1 Kings 19).
For a time Elijah was in retirement, but he again reappeared on the occasion of
Naboth
’s
murder
, and with the old energy of faith prophetically announced the doom of Ahab and Jezebel to Ahab’s face. Once more the prophet is seen, confronting Ahab’s successor and son
Ahaziah
, who, following closely in his parents’ steps, had sent messengers to Baalzebub the god of
Ekron
to inquire whether he should recover from his sickness. Two captains and their fifties, who had been sent to arrest him, were smitten with fire from heaven at Elijah’s word. Accompanying the third, who humbly begged for their lives, the prophet announced to the apostate king the judgment of the God he had despised (1 Kings 21; 2 Kings 1).
We have now reached the closing scene of this truly remarkable man’s long and faithful service for Jehovah. The ordinary
lot
of man should not be his. Traversing in the close company of Elisha the spots which, however now perverted, told of certain great truths—
Gilgal
, of the necessity of the judgment of self, the place of
circumcision
—
Bethel
, of the faithfulness of God and the resources which are His for His own, the place where God had appeared to
Jacob
—
Jericho
, of the power of God as against all that of the enemy—they reached the
Jordan
through which they passed dry shod, the waters being separated hither and thither by Elijah smiting them with his mantle. The land of Israel is left by the well-known
figure
of death, “and it came to pass, that as they still went on and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a
whirlwind
into heaven.” Figuratively he had passed through death, and ascended to heaven: this forms the basis of Elisha’s ministry (2 Kings 2).
In the
New
Testament
John
the Baptist was in the character of Elijah as the prophet who was to come before “the great and terrible
day
of the Lord,” to affect the hearts of the people, if he had been received; but not being received, except by a few, John declared to the Jews that he was not Elijah. So it remains for Elijah’s ministry to be fulfilled before Christ appears in
glory
(
Mal. 4:5-6
5
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:
6
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. (Malachi 4:5‑6)
;
Matt. 11:14
14
And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. (Matthew 11:14)
;
Luke 1:17
17
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. (Luke 1:17)
;
John 1:21
21
And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. (John 1:21)
).
Moses
and Elijah were seen on the mount of
transfiguration
, as representatives of the
law
and the prophets; but theirs was then a subordinate place, for the proclamation was “This is My beloved Son; hear Him” (
Matt. 17:3
3
And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. (Matthew 17:3)
;
Mark 9:4
4
And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. (Mark 9:4)
;
Luke 9:30
30
And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: (Luke 9:30)
). Elijah’s testimony was given in
righteousness
; his ministry demanded that the righteous claims of God as the Jehovah of His people should be satisfied. Elisha’s ministry differed from this, and was more of
grace
.
“Elijah” From
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Priest
who had married a strange wife (
Ezra 10:21
21
And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. (Ezra 10:21)
).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
452
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
’Eliyah
Phonic:
ay-lee-yaw’
Meaning:
or prolonged tEliyahuw {ay-lee-yaw'-hoo}; from
410
and
3050
; God of Jehovah; Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites
KJV Usage:
Elijah, Eliah
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
my God is Jehovah
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
The strength of God; God of Jehovah; spiritual vision:―the renowned prophet of Tishbeh, 1 Kings 17:1. {Robur Dei}
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“Study to show thyself approved unto God, … rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).
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