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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49035" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49035" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> [[Aedias]] </strong> ( 1E Esther 9:27 ). One of those who agreed to put away their ‘strange’ wives. The name is probably a corruption for [[Elijah]] of Ezra 10:26 . </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_437" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_437" /> == | ||
<p> '''''ā''''' -'''''ē̇''''' -'''''dı̄´as''''' ( | <p> '''''ā''''' -'''''ē̇''''' -'''''dı̄´as''''' ( Ἀηδείας , <i> '''''Aēdeı́as''''' </i> ). [[Mentioned]] in 1 [[Esdras]] 9:27, being one of those who agreed to divorce their alien wives. This name is supposed to be a corruption of the Greek Ἡλία , <i> '''''Hēlı́a''''' </i> , there being no [[Hebrew]] equivalent for it, and in Ezra 10:26 , the name occurs in the correct form as Elijah (אליּה , <i> ''''''ēlı̄yāh''''' </i> = "God is Yahweh"). </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_18003" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_18003" /> == | ||
<p> ( | <p> (Ἀϊδίας, for ''Elias),'' one of the "sons" of Ela, who divorced his [[Gentile]] wife ( 1 Esdras 9:27), evidently the [[Eliah]] (See [[Eliah]]) (q.v.) of the genuine text ( Ezra 10:26). </p> | ||
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