Elijah
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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.
Aliases (3)
- Elias ×2
- Prophet Elijah ×2
- prophet Elijah ×1
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew Bible prophet
→
Old Testament prophet → biblical figure → prophet → |
| activeDuringReignOf |
Ahab
→
Ahaziah → Jehoram of Israel → |
| appearedDuring |
Transfiguration of Jesus
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| appearedWith |
Moses
→
|
| appearsIn |
Books of Kings
→
Hebrew Bible → Old Testament → |
| associatedWith |
John the Baptist
→
Jordan River → Mount Carmel → Northern Kingdom of Israel → |
| commemoratedOn |
various Christian feast days
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|
| confronted |
prophets of Baal
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| didNotExperience |
ordinary physical death
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| liturgicalRole |
Elijah’s chair at Jewish circumcision
→
Passover Seder cup of Elijah → |
| majorNarrativeSource |
1 Kings
→
2 Kings → |
| mentorOf |
Elisha
→
|
| messianicExpectation |
forerunner of the Messiah
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| nameMeaning |
My God is Yahweh
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|
| NewTestamentReference |
Epistle of James
→
Gospels → |
| opposed |
King Ahab
→
Queen Jezebel → |
| originalLanguage |
Hebrew
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| originalLanguageName |
אֵלִיָּהוּ
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| 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
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|
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
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Druze faith → Islam → Judaism → |
| successor |
Elisha
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|
| symbolizes |
faithfulness to Yahweh
→
prophetic tradition → |
| takenUpToHeaven |
in a whirlwind
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with a chariot of fire → |
| veneratedAs |
saint in Christianity
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Referenced by (16)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Carmel Range
→
Mount Carmel ("Prophet Elijah") → |
associatedWithBiblicalFigure |
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Elliott
("Elias")
→
Elliott → |
derivedFrom |
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Elias Erkko
("Elias")
→
Elijah Wood → |
givenName |
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Stella Maris Monastery
("Prophet Elijah")
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associatedWith |
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Elia
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etymologicallyDerivedFrom |
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Transfiguration
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featuresFigure |
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Eli
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hasDiminutiveFormOf |
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Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord
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hasParticipant |
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Elia
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hasVariant |
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Books of Kings
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includesFigure |
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Eli
→
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isShortFormOf |
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Israelites
("prophet Elijah")
→
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keyLeader |
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Elia
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relatedTo |