Elijah is a strong, faithful biblical name. Its Chinese versions carry that conviction — steadfast faith — beside the standard biblical spelling.
Elijah means 'my God is the Lord' — a name of deep conviction. 坚 is steadfast and 信 is faith: unwavering belief. A serious, grounded name that matches the meaning.
The traditional character 堅 shows 臤 (xiān) — a hand gripping firmly — set above 土 (tǔ, earth).
Read the full story of 坚 →The structure of 信 is its own definition: 人 (rén, person) standing beside 言 (yán, speech).
Read the full story of 信 →以利亚 is the established Chinese name for the prophet Elijah — the form Chinese readers know from scripture and print.
伊 ('yī') opens on the 'E-' of Elijah; 力 means strength. A short, strong version that echoes 'Eli-.'
力 is one of the oldest and simplest characters in Chinese writing.
Read the full story of 力 →Origin: Hebrew. My God is the Lord.
Elijah is a Hebrew name meaning my God is the Lord — borne by one of the most resolute figures in the Hebrew Bible. It reads as strong, serious, and enduring.
In Chinese, Elijah suits characters of conviction: steadfastness joined with faith. The established biblical transliteration, 以利亚, is here as well. Each character is hand-brushed once on rice paper, never printed.
Each of these characters has its own story — etymology, cultural weight, and how a native speaker reads it. Tap through to the full entry.
Any of these can be hand-brushed by Artist Lina Sun on rice paper — one character at a time, never printed, never repeated.
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