Ἠλίας
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hebrew אֱלִיָּה (ʾĕliyyā).
Pronunciation edit
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈli.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈli.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈli.as/
Proper noun edit
Ἠλίᾱς • (Ēlíās) m (genitive Ἠλίου); first declension
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Elias or Elijah
- Elijah, an Israelite prophet.
Usage notes edit
The variant Ἠλίας (Ēlías) is found in the earliest manuscripts and is considered to most likely be the authentic version.
Inflection edit
Descendants edit
- Greek: Ηλίας (Ilías)
- → Arabic: إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās)
- → Georgian: ილია (ilia), ელიოზ (elioz)
- → Gothic: 𐌷𐌴𐌻𐌹𐌰𐍃 (hēlias)
- → Latin: Ēliās, Hēliās (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Church Slavonic: Илїа (Ilia)
References edit
- 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, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece[1], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN