Elijah

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Hebrew Bible prophet Old Testament prophet biblical figure prophet

Elijah is a major Old Testament prophet who, according to the Bible, was taken up to heaven and later appeared alongside Moses during Jesus’ Transfiguration.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Elijah canonical	42
Prophet Elijah	9
Prophet Elias	3
Saint Elijah	3
Elias	2
prophet Elijah	2
Elijah (as spiritual patron)	1
Elijah in the Hebrew Bible	1
Elijah stayed with a widow during a famine	1
Elijah the Prophet	1
Elijah the Tishbite	1
Old Testament prophet Elijah	1
biblical Elijah	1
Προφήτης Ηλίας	1
إِيلِيَّا	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hebrew Bible prophet ⓘ Old Testament prophet ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ prophet ⓘ
activeDuringReignOf	Ahab ⓘ Ahaziah ⓘ Jehoram of Israel ⓘ
appearedDuring	Transfiguration ⓘ surface form: Transfiguration of Jesus
appearedWith	Moses ⓘ
appearsIn	Books of Kings ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
associatedWith	John the Baptist ⓘ Jordan River ⓘ Mount Carmel ⓘ Northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
commemoratedOn	various Christian feast days ⓘ
confronted	prophets of Baal ⓘ
didNotExperience	ordinary physical death ⓘ
liturgicalRole	Elijah’s chair at Jewish circumcision ⓘ Passover Seder cup of Elijah ⓘ
majorNarrativeSource	1 Kings ⓘ 2 Kings ⓘ
mentorOf	Elisha ⓘ
messianicExpectation	forerunner of the Messiah ⓘ
nameMeaning	My God is Yahweh ⓘ
NewTestamentReference	Epistle of James ⓘ Gospels ⓘ
opposed	King Ahab ⓘ Jezebel ⓘ surface form: Queen Jezebel
originalLanguage	Hebrew ⓘ
originalLanguageName	אֵלִיָּהוּ ⓘ
performedMiracle	calling down fire from heaven on Mount Carmel ⓘ calling down fire on the soldiers sent by Ahaziah ⓘ ending the drought through prayer ⓘ multiplication of the widow of Zarephath’s flour and oil ⓘ pronouncing drought in Israel ⓘ raising the widow of Zarephath’s son from the dead ⓘ
QuranicName	Ilyas ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Druze ⓘ surface form: Druze faith Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
successor	Elisha ⓘ
symbolizes	faithfulness to Yahweh ⓘ prophetic tradition ⓘ
takenUpToHeaven	in a whirlwind ⓘ with a chariot of fire ⓘ
veneratedAs	saint in Christianity ⓘ

Referenced by (70)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Transfiguration → featuresFigure → Elijah ⓘ

Books of Kings → includesFigure → Elijah ⓘ

Elliott → derivedFrom → Elijah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elias

Elliott → derivedFrom → Elijah ⓘ

Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord → hasParticipant → Elijah ⓘ

Elias Erkko → givenName → Elijah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elias

Elijah Wood → givenName → Elijah ⓘ

Carmel Range → associatedWithBiblicalFigure → Elijah ⓘ

Israelites → keyLeader → Elijah ⓘ

this entity surface form: prophet Elijah

Stella Maris Monastery → associatedWith → Elijah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prophet Elijah

Elia → relatedTo → Elijah ⓘ

Elia → etymologicallyDerivedFrom → Elijah ⓘ

Elia → hasVariant → Elijah ⓘ

Mount Carmel → associatedWithBiblicalFigure → Elijah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prophet Elijah

Eli → isShortFormOf → Elijah ⓘ

Eli → hasDiminutiveFormOf → Elijah ⓘ

Ahab → condemnedBy → Elijah ⓘ

this entity surface form: prophet Elijah

Elisha → successorOf → Elijah ⓘ

Elisha → mentor → Elijah ⓘ

1 Kings → featuresCharacter → Elijah ⓘ

Jezebel → conflictWith → Elijah ⓘ

Jezebel → threatenedToKill → Elijah ⓘ

Order of the Discalced Carmelites → patronSaint → Elijah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prophet Elijah

אֵלִיָּהוּ → שם מקביל → Elijah ⓘ

this entity surface form: إِيلِيَّا

Northern Kingdom of Israel → associatedWithProphet → Elijah ⓘ

Ahaziah → opposedBy → Elijah ⓘ

Ahaziah → condemnedBy → Elijah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prophet Elijah

King Ahab → associatedWith → Elijah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prophet Elijah

King Ahab → condemnedBy → Elijah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prophet Elijah

Mendelssohn Elijah → principalCharacter → Elijah ⓘ

subject surface form: Mendelssohn's Elijah

Ilyas → equivalentTo → Elijah ⓘ

Ilyas → hasNameVariant → Elijah ⓘ

Elijah E. Myers → givenName → Elijah ⓘ

Gra → hasGivenName → Elijah ⓘ

Élie → equivalentNameOf → Elijah ⓘ

Church of Elijah the Prophet → dedicatedTo → Elijah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prophet Elijah

Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John → givenName → Elijah ⓘ

Ilia → isFormOf → Elijah ⓘ

Church of the Transfiguration → hasChapelDedicatedTo → Elijah ⓘ

Church of the Transfiguration → associatedWithPerson → Elijah ⓘ

Prophet Ilyas → alsoKnownAs → Elijah ⓘ

Prophet Ilyas → identifiedWith → Elijah ⓘ

this entity surface form: biblical Elijah

Prophet Ilyas → sharesStoryElementsWith → Elijah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elijah in the Hebrew Bible

Season of Elijah, Moses and the Prophets → commemorates → Elijah ⓘ

Season of Elijah, Moses and the Prophets → veneratedFigures → Elijah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elijah the Prophet

Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel → hasNotableSaint → Elijah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elijah (as spiritual patron)

Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel → spiritualPatron → Elijah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prophet Elijah

Cathedral of St. Elie and St. Gregory the Illuminator → namedAfter → Elijah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Elijah

Cathedral of St. Elie and St. Gregory the Illuminator → dedicatedTo → Elijah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Elijah