- Original: Ἡλίας - Transliteration: helias - Phonetic: hay-lee'-as - Definition: Elijah = my God is Jehovah 1. a prophet born at Thisbe, the unflinching champion of the theocracy in the reigns of the idolatrous kings Ahab and Ahaziah. He was taken up to heaven without dying, whence the Jews expected he would return just before the advent of the messiah, whom he would prepare the minds of the Israelites to receive. - Origin: of hebrew origin H452 - TDNT entry: 17:28,3 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: Of hebrew origin [ H452 ]; helias (that is Elijah) an Israelite: - Elias. Total KJV Occurrences: 24 • Elijah, 23 Mat 16:14; Mat 17:3; Mat 17:4; Mat 17:10; Mat 27:47; Mat 27:49; Mar 6:15; Mar 8:28; Mar 9:4; Mar 9:5; Mar 9:11; Mar 15:35; Mar 15:36; Luke 1:17; Luke 9:8; Luke 9:19; Luke 9:30; Luke 9:33; Luke 9:54; Joh 1:21; Joh 1:25; Romans 11:2; Jam 5:17 • to, 1 Eph 2:15