Elias @ the Greek form of Elijah Matthew:11:14Matthew:16:14, etc.), which the Revised Version has uniformly adopted in the New Testament. (See ELIJAH.)
Eliashib @ whom God will restore. (1.) A priest, head of one of the courses of the priests of the time of David ( 1Chronicles:24:12). (2.) A high priest in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah Nehemiah:12:22-23). He rebuilt the eastern city wall (3:1), his own mansion being in that quarter, on the ridge Ophel (3:20-21). His indulgence of Tobiah the Ammonite provoked the indignation of Nehemiah (13:4,7).