“以利亚/厄里亚(天主教译名)”(希伯来文: אֵלִיָּהו [ēliyahū])是《圣经》中一个名字常出现的先知，活在公元前9世纪，以色列王国一个灵性衰微和反叛神的时代。他按神的旨意审判以色列、施行神迹、被以色列王室逼迫。以利亚这名字，意即“雅威是神”，他是忽然出现，从上帝那儿差遣来，最后他在与以利沙对话时被接回天家去。正如经上记的：他们正走着说话，忽有火车火马将二人隔开，以利亚就乘旋风升天去了。 以利沙看见，就调用说：「我父啊！我父啊！以色列的战车马兵啊！」（本段经文采用现代标点和合本翻译版）

Elijah (Hebrew: אֱלִיָּהוּ,Eliyahu, meaning "My God is Yahu") or Elias (/ᵻˈlaɪ.əs/; Greek:Ηλίας Elías; Syriac: ܐܸܠܝܼܵܐ Elyāe; Arabic: إلياس or إليا, Ilyās or Ilyā) was a prophet and a wonder-worker who operated in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of Ahab (9th century BC), according to the biblical Books of Kings. According to the Books of Kings, Elijah defended the worship of Yahweh over that of the Canaanite idol Baal. God also performed many miracles through Elijah, including raising the dead, bringing fire down from the sky, and taking the prophet up to heaven "by a whirlwind". The Book of Malachi prophesies Elijah's return "before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord", making him a harbinger of the Messiah and of the eschaton in various faiths that revere the Hebrew Bible. References to Elijah appear in the New Testament, the Talmud, the Mishnah, and the Qur'an.