Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἠλίας ‎(Ēlías)
• Ἠλείας ‎(Ēleías)
• Ἡλείας ‎(Hēleías)

Proper noun

Ἡλίᾱς • ‎(Hēlíās) m ‎(genitive Ἡλίου); first declension

1. Elijah, an Israelite prophet.
   • 150 CE – 215 CE, Clement of Alexandria, Protr. 1

Inflection

Usage notes

The variant Ἠλίας ‎(Ēlías) is found in the earliest manuscripts and is considered to most likely be the authentic version.

Descendants

• English: Elias
• Greek: Ηλίας ‎(Ilías)

References

• NA27
• Bauer lexicon
• “G2243”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979