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Ἠλίας
Ἠλίας
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Ἡλίας (Hēlías)
- Ἠλείας (Ēleías)
- Ἡλείας (Hēleías)
Proper noun
Ἠλίᾱς • (Ēlíās) m (genitive Ἠλίου); first declension
- Elijah, an Israelite prophet.
Inflection
Usage notes
The variant Ἠλίας (Ēlías) is found in the earliest manuscripts and is considered to most likely be the authentic version.
Descendants
References
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- “G2243”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- NA27