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)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew Bible prophet
Old Testament prophet
biblical figure
prophet
activeDuringReignOf Ahab
Ahaziah
Jehoram of Israel
appearedDuring Transfiguration of Jesus
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
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
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 faith
Islam
Judaism
successor Elisha
symbolizes faithfulness to Yahweh
prophetic tradition
takenUpToHeaven in a whirlwind
with a chariot of fire
veneratedAs saint in Christianity


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