ELIAS (Ἠλίας).  [Greek, from Heb. Eliyah and Eliyahu = Eng. "Elijah"], meaning "my god (is) Jehovah."  Elijah (Matt. xvii. 12, etc.—A.V.) (The Sunday School Teacher's Bible Manual, Hunter, 1894).  Usage:  Algeria (إلياس), America, Bulgaria (Елиас), Canada, Czech Republic (Eliáš), England, Finland, Lebanon (إلياس).

    Hicks, Elias, preacher, was born in Hempstead, N.Y., March 19,1748; son of John and Martha Hicks... His followers were known as Hicksites, but they themselves only recognized the name of Friends, and the opposite side also retained that title.  He published Observations on Slavery (1811); Elias Hicks's Journal and his Life and Labors (1828); Sermons (1828); Letters of Elias Hicks (1834).  He died at Jericho, N.Y., Feb. 27, 1830. (The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson-Brown, v.5, 1904)