Etymology?:
from ʾēl אֵל ‘god’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots:
אל
יה
ʾēliyyā pr n m pers
Elijah or Eliah = "my God is Jehovah" or "Yah(u) is God"
1) the great prophet of the reign of Ahab
2) Benjamite son of Jeroham
3) a son of Elam with foreign wife during exile
4) a son of Harim, and priest, with foreign wife during exile
Mentioned in 1 Kings 19:20, 18:31, 18:36, 18:7, 18:8, 18:11, 18:14, 18:1, 19:13, 19:19, 18:27, 17:1, 18:2, 18:16, 18:17, 18:41, 18:42, 18:46, 19:1, 21:20, 18:25, 19:2, 18:21, 19:21, 17:13, 17:18, 17:24, 18:22, 18:40, 17:15, 18:15, 18:30, 19:9, 21:17, 21:28, 17:16, 17:22, 17:23 2 Kings 2:8, 2:13, 2:14, 1:8, 10:10, 10:17, 3:11, 9:36, 1:3, 1:10, 1:12, 1:13, 1:15, 2:2, 2:9, 1:4, 1:17, 2:1, 2:4, 2:6, 2:11, 2:15 Malachi 3:23 Ezra 10:21, 10:26 1 Chronicles 8:27 2 Chronicles 21:12