Strong’s G2243 · Greek

Ἡλίας
Hēlías

Definition

Helias (i.e. Elijah), an Israelite

Etymology

of Hebrew origin (H0452);

Where the KJV renders it

  • Elias

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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