Difference between revisions of "Elias"

<p> (᾿Ηλίας '','' in Maccabees, elsewhere and in N.T. ᾿Ηλίας, Vulg. ''Elias,'' but in Cod. Amiat. ''Helias),'' the Graecized form in which the name of ELIJAH (See Elijah) (q.v.) is given in the A.V. of the [[Apocrypha]] and N.T. (&nbsp;Sirach 48:1; &nbsp;Sirach 48:4; &nbsp;Sirach 48:12; &nbsp;1 [[Maccabees]] 2:58; &nbsp;Matthew 11:14; &nbsp;Matthew 16:14; &nbsp;Matthew 17:3-4; &nbsp;Matthew 17:10-12; &nbsp;Matthew 27:47; &nbsp;Matthew 27:49; &nbsp;Mark 6:15; &nbsp;Mark 8:28; &nbsp;Mark 9:4-5; &nbsp;Mark 9:11-13; &nbsp;Mark 15:35-36; &nbsp;Luke 1:17; &nbsp;Luke 4:25-26; &nbsp;Luke 9:8; &nbsp;Luke 9:19; &nbsp;Luke 9:30; &nbsp;Luke 9:33; &nbsp;Luke 9:54; &nbsp;John 1:21; &nbsp;John 1:25; &nbsp;Romans 11:2; &nbsp;James 1:17). In &nbsp;Romans 11:2, the reference is not to the prophet, but to the portion of Scripture designated by his name, the words being ἐν ᾿Ηλιᾷ; "in Elias," not as in A.V. "of Elias." — Smith, s.v. </p>