Elias
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thumb|Elias on Mount Horeb, as depicted in a Greek Orthodox [[icon.]] Elias ( ; ) is the hellenized version for the name of Elijah (; ; , or ), a prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BC, mentioned in several holy books. Due to Elias' role in the scriptures and to many later associated traditions, the name is used as a personal name in numerous languages.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- male given name
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- P8168
- Tordera
- IPA transcription
- ɛˈlîːas
- Cologne phonetics
- 058
- Caverphone
- ALS111
- language of work or name
- Norwegian
- different from
- Elias
- patronym or matronym for this name
- Eliasson
- native label
- Elias
- writing system
- Latin script
- name day
- April 17
- Soundex
- E420
- Commons category
- Elias (given name)
- described by source
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Variants
- Feminized variants
- People with the given name
- Fictional characters with the given name
- People with the surname
- See also
- References
thumb|Elias on Mount Horeb, as depicted in a Greek Orthodox [[icon.]] Elias ( ; ) is the hellenized version for the name of Elijah (; ; , or ), a prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BC, mentioned in several holy books. Due to Elias' role in the scriptures and to many later associated traditions, the name is used as a personal name in numerous languages.
==Variants== Éilias Irish Elia Italian, English Elias Norwegian Elías Icelandic Éliás Hungarian Elías Spanish Eliáš, Elijáš Czech Elijah, Elia, Ilyas, Elias Indonesian Elias, Eelis, Eljas Finnish Elias Danish, German, Swedish Elias Portuguese Elias, Iliya () Persian Elias, Elis Swedish Elias, Elyas (ኤሊያስ) Ethiopian Elias, Elyas Philippines Eliasz Polish Élie French Elija Slovene Elijah English, Hebrew Elis Welsh Elisedd Welsh Eliya (එලියා) Sinhala Eliyas (Ілияс) Kazakh Eliyahu, Eliya (אֵלִיָּהוּ, אליה) Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew Elyās, Ilyās, Eliya (, ) Arabic Elliot, Elliott English Ellis English, Welsh (anglicised) Helias Ecclesiastical Latin Ilia (Илия) Bulgarian, Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Russian Ilia (ილია) Georgian Ilias (Ηλίας) Koine Greek, Modern Greek Ilie Romanian Ilija (Илија) Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian Ilijas/Ilijaz Bosnian Ilja German Iljo (Иљо) Macedonian Iliya (Илия) Bulgarian Illés Hungarian Illia (Ілля) Ukrainian Ilya (Илья) Russian İlyas Turkish Ilyaas Somali Ilyos Uzbek Ilias/Ilyas/Elias/Elyas/Alias/Alyas Malay Líggjas Faroese Lyes Kabyle Yeghia (Եղիա) Armenian 埃利亚斯 (āi lì yǎ sī) Chinese
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