Elijah

Elijah comes from the Hebrew name Eliyyahu, composed of the elements El, meaning God, and Yah, a shortened form of the divine name YHWH, giving the overall sense of my God is Yahweh. In the Hebrew Bible, Elijah was a ninth-century BCE prophet from Tishbe who confronted the worship of Baal and was said to have ascended to heaven in a chariot of fire, making him one of the most revered figures in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition. The name entered English through the Latin and Greek forms used in scripture and has remained in steady use across centuries. Related forms include the Hebrew Eliyahu, the Greek-derived Elias, and the Arabic Ilyas.