noun · masculine
ēliaos
Strong’sG2243
Elijah
stem ēlia-29 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Ἠλίας is a proper name, that of the Israelite prophet Elijah 124. It is of Hebrew origin 2, and appears throughout the New Testament in accounts referring to this prophet 1. In one place the phrase "in Elijah" is used to mean the passage of scripture that deals with him 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Ἠλείας (Rec. Ἠλίας; LTr., Ἡλίας; T, Ἡλείας; cf. WH, App., 155, Intr., § 408), -ου (-α, Lk 1:17, WH), ὁ (Heb. אֵלִיָּה, אֵלִיָּהוּ),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2243 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhay-lee'-as
Helias (i.e. Elijah), an Israelite
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesElias.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ēliaos16×Ἠλίας | ēliaois |
| object accusative | ēliaon7×Ἠλίαν | ēliaoin |
| direct address vocative | ēliaor | ēliaoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | ēliaou2×Ἠλίου | ēliaoiu |
| to, for dative | ēliao4×Ἠλίᾳ | ēliaoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
ēliao is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
29 occurrences, every one of them listed
ēliaos“Elijah”subjectnominative singular16×
Matthew 11:14kai ei thelavō dechera, autos atō Ēliaos tos mellarōntos erchorō.… to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.
Matthew 17:3kai idou horita autoi Mōusos kai Ēliaos sullalarōntois meta autou.Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared before them, talking with Jesus.
Matthew 17:11tos de apokrinirantos legata; Ēliaos men erchotō kai apokatastēati panteim;Jesus replied, “Elijah does indeed come, and he will …
Matthew 17:12legamō de vi hoti Ēliaos ēdē erchata, kai ouk epignōskala auton …But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did …
Matthew 27:49… loipois legale; Afiēkasar horaneia ei erchotō Ēliaos sōzarintos auton.… Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to save Him.”
Mark 6:15allosois de legale hoti Ēliaos atō; allosois de legale hoti profētos …Others were saying, “He is Elijah,” and still others, “He is a …
Mark 9:4kai horita autoi Ēliaos sun Mōuso, kai ale sullalarōntois to …And Elijah and Moses appeared before them, talking …
Mark 9:12tos de fēate autoi; Ēliaos men ercharantos prōtem apokatastēatō panteim, kai …He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he …
Mark 9:13alla legamō vi hoti kai Ēliaos erchatē, kai poiala auto hoseim thelale, …But I tell you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have …
Mark 15:36… auton, legarōntos; Afiēkavar horaneia ei erchotō Ēliaos kathairara auton.… Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”
Luke 4:26kai pros oudenan autaiu pempita Ēliaos ei mē eis Sarepta tau Sidōniau …Yet Elijah was not sent to any of …
Luke 9:8hupo tinoiu de hoti Ēliaos fanita, allosoiu de hoti profētos tinos …others that Elijah had appeared, and still others that …
Luke 9:30… sullalale auto, hotinois ale Mōusos kai Ēliaos,Suddenly two men, Moses and Elijah, began talking with Jesus.
John 1:21kai erōtala auton; Tinem oun? sis Ēliaos asō? kai legatō; Ouk amō. Tos …… are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are …
John 1:25… sis ouk asō tos christos oude Ēliaos oude tos profētos?… you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
James 5:17Ēliaos anthrōpos ate homoiopathos ni, kai proseucha …Elijah was a man just like us …
ēliaon“Elijah”objectaccusative singular7×
Matthew 16:14… men Iōannon ton baptiston, allosois de Ēliaon, heterois de Ieremion ē henon toiu …… say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one …
Matthew 17:10… Tinem oun tois grammatevois legalō hoti Ēliaon datō erchara prōtem?… then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
Matthew 27:47… toiu ekei stēarēntoiu akouarantois legale hoti Ēliaon fōnatō houtos.… this, they said, “He is calling Elijah.”
Mark 8:28… hoti Iōannon ton baptiston, kai allosois Ēliaon, allosois de hoti henos toiu profētoiu.… say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the …
Mark 9:11… legarōntois; Hoti legalō tois grammatevois hoti Ēliaon datō erchara prōtem?… Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
Mark 15:35… tinois toiu parastēarēntoiu akouarantois legale; Ide Ēliaon fōnatō.… they said, “Behold, He is calling Elijah.”
Luke 9:19… legala; Iōannon ton baptiston, allosois de Ēliaon, allosois de hoti profētos tinos toiu …… say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that a prophet …
ēliaou“Elijah”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Luke 1:17… enōpion autou en pneume kai dunamia Ēliaou, epistrefara kardiain patroiu epi tekneim kai …… in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the …
Luke 4:25… pollais chērais ale en tai hēmerai Ēliaou en to Israēl, hote kleiita tos …… in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for …
ēliao“Elijah”to, fordative singular4×
Matthew 17:4… si henan kai Mōuso henan kai Ēliao henan.… one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
Mark 9:5… si henan kai Mōuso henan kai Ēliao henan.… one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
Luke 9:33… si kai henan Mōuso kai henan Ēliao, mē horarēntos hem legatō.… one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” ( vvv He did not know what …
Romans 11:2… hon prognōskata. ē ouk oidavē en Ēliao tinem legatō tas grafas, hōs entunchanatō …… know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against …