Was Elijah a hairy man?

[tonychanyt]

Yes, according to Berean Standard Bible, 2 Kings 1:

8 “He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.

However, the Hebrew wording is ambiguous, English Standard Version:

They answered him, “He wore a garment of hair, with a belt of leather about his waist.” And he said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.”

ESV might be correct. Ellicott explained:

The second alternative is right, because a hairy mantle was a mark of the prophetic office from Elijah downwards. (Comp. Zechariah 13:4, “a rough garment;” and Matthew 3:4, where it is said of John Baptist—the second Elias—that “he was clad in camel’s hair,” and had “a leather girdle about his loins.”)

It was common for prophets to wear a hairy cloak, Zechariah 13:

4 On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.

2 Kings 1:8 foreshadows Matthew 3:

4 Now John wore a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Was Elijah a hairy man?

Maybe not, but being hairy is kind of a stereotype of a prophet living in the wild.

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

Was Elijah a hairy man?

Maybe not, but being hairy is kind of a stereotype of a prophet living in the wild.

If he was a nazarite he was...John the Baptizer was...

 

[Hoping2]

Yes, according to Berean Standard Bible, 2 Kings 1:


However, the Hebrew wording is ambiguous, English Standard Version:


ESV might be correct. Ellicott explained:


It was common for prophets to wear a hairy cloak, Zechariah 13:


2 Kings 1:8 foreshadows Matthew 3:


Was Elijah a hairy man?

Maybe not, but being hairy is kind of a stereotype of a prophet living in the wild.

He was probably hairy.
Why try to change what is presented ?
Esau was hairy too.
Are we not to believe what has been written ?