- Ἠλίας
- Ἠλίας, ου, ὁ (edd. also-είας, Ἡλείας, Ἡλίας; אֵלִיָּה or אֵלִיָּהוּ) Elijah (or, following the Gk., Elias) the Tishbite, a prophet (3 Km 17–20; 4 Km 1f; 2 Ch 21:12; Mal 3:22; Sir 48:1, 4, 12; ApcEl [PSI 7 verso, 4]; AscIs 2:14; SibOr 2, 247; Joseph., ApcEsdr, Just.), whose life and deeds were invested w. great importance by the compatriots of Jesus (Schürer II 515f; 604f; Billerb. IV 764–98) Mt 11:14; 16:14; 17:3f (PDabeck, Biblica 23, ’42, 175–89), 10ff; 27:47, 49; Mk 6:15; 8:28; 9:4f, 11ff; 15:35f; Lk 1:17; 4:25f; 9:8, 19, 30, 33, 54 v.l.; J 1:21, 25; Js 5:17; 1 Cl 17:1. ἐν Ἠλίᾳ in the story of Elijah Ro 11:2.—JRobinson, Elijah, John and Jesus: 12 NT Studies ’62, 28–52; GFohrer, Elia ’68.2—EDNT. TW.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.