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Elias

Elias the Greek form of Elijah.

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Elias the Greek form of Elijah.

Related meanings

Eliasaph

Eliasaph 1. Head of the tribe of Dan at the time of the census in the wilderness of Sinai. (Numbers 1:14; 2:14; Num 7:42; Num 7:47; 10:20) (B.C. 1490.) 2. A levite, and "chief of the Gershonites" at the same t...

Eliashib

Eliashib (whom God restores). 1. A priest in the time of King David eleventh in the order of the "governors" of the sanctuary. (1Chronicles 24:12) 2. One of the latest descendants of the royal family of Judah....

Eli

Eli (ascension), a descendant of Aaron through Ithamar, the youngest of his two surviving sons. (Lev 10:1; Lev 10:2; Lev 10:12) comp. 1Kin 2:27 with 2Sam 8:17; 1Chr 24:3 (B.C. 1214-1116.) he was the first of t...

Eliab

Eliab (God is my father). 1. Son of Helon and leader of the tribe of Zebulun at the time of the census in the wilderness of Sinai. (Numbers 1:9; 2:7; Num 7:24; Num 7:29; 10:16) (B.C. 1490.) 2. A Reubenite, fat...

Eliada

Eliada (known by God). 1. One of David’s sons; according to the lists, the youngest but one of the family born to him after his establishment in Jerusalem. (2Samuel 5:16; 1Chronicles 3:8) (B.C. after 1033.) 2....

Eliadah

Eliadah father of Rezon, the captain of a marauding band that annoyed Solomon. (1Kings 11:23)

Eliah

Eliah (my God is Jehovah). 1. A Benjamite, a chief man of the tribe. (1Chronicles 8:27) 2. One of the Bene-Elam, an Israelite (i.e. a layman) who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:26)

Eliahba

Eliahba (whom God hides), on of the thirty of David’s guard. (2Samuel 23:32; 1Chronicles 11:33) (B.C. 1046.)

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