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From Hebrew אליהו (Eliyahu, “My God is Yahweh”). Doublet of Ilya. Compare Joel. See also Arabic إلياس.

Elijah

(religion) An Israelite prophet in the Abrahamic religions.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Malachi 4:5–6:
  Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord; And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
A male given name from Hebrew.
- 2005, Valerie Paradiz, Elijah's Cup, →ISBN, page 102:
  "That's wonderful! What's his name?"
  "Elijah."
  "Wow! A heavy-duty prophet's name!"
  "Yeah, and he's certainly living up to it."
A female given name from Hebrew, of chiefly Philippine usage.

biblical prophet

Arabic: إِيلِيَا m (ʔīliyā) (used by Christians), إِلْيَاس (ar) m (ʔilyās) (used by Muslims)
Aramaic:
Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ (eliya)
Armenian: Եղիա (Eġia)
Old Armenian: Եղիա (Ełia)
Bengali: ইলিয়াস (bn) (iliẏaś) (disputed)
Catalan: Elies m
Czech: Eliáš
Danish: Elias
Dutch: Elia m
Esperanto: Elija
Estonian: Eelija
Farefare: Elia, Eliya
Finnish: Elia
French: Élie (fr)
Old French: Elyas
German: Elia
Gothic: 𐌷𐌴𐌻𐌹𐌰𐍃 (hēlias)
Greek:
Ancient: Ἠλίας m (Ēlías)
Hawaiian: ʻElia
Hebrew: אליהו (eliyahu)
Hungarian: Illés (hu)
Ingrian: Iiliä
Italian: Elia (it)
Kazakh: Ілияс (Iliäs)
Latin: Ēliās, Hēliās
Macedonian: Илија (mk) (Ilija)
Maore Comorian: Eliya
Ngazidja Comorian: Iliyasa
Norwegian: Elia (no)
Persian: الیاس (fa) (elyâs)
Portuguese: Elias (pt) m
Romanian: Ilie (ro)
Russian: Илия́ (ru) (Ilijá)
Sicilian: Ilìa
Spanish: Elías (es)
Swedish: Elia
Turkish: İlyas (tr)
Ukrainian: Ілля́ (Illjá)
Yiddish: אליהו m (elyohu)

male given name