Elijah
pronunciation
How to pronounce Elijah in British English:
UK [i'laidʒə]
How to pronounce Elijah in American English:
US [ɪˈlaɪdʒə]
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- Noun:
- a Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols; he was persecuted for rebuking Ahab and Jezebel (king and queen of Israel); he was taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire (circa 9th century BC)
Word Origin
- Elijah
- name of the great Old Testament prophet, from Hebrew Elijjah, literally "the Lord is God." The Greek form is Elias.
Example
- 1. And the word of the lord came to him : " what are you doing here , elijah ? "
- 2. Elijah her chief protagonist at least has a chance for vengeance and eventually slaughtered the 450 prophets of baal .
- 3. They had three boys - noah , 17 , jonah , 15 , and elijah , 10 - and decided to adopt a girl .
- 4. Somehow , elijah 's lieutenants learned about malcolm 's problems , and did not hesitate to spread humiliating rumors .
- 5. Marina turned onto a side street and started her crawl up the slippery slope that led to elijah 's house .