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HebrewH5941Proper Noun (Masculine)

עֵלִי

e.li

30Occurrences
H5941Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Eli, an Israelite highpriest

from H5927 (עָלָה); lofty;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; father of: Hophni (H2652), Phinehas (H6372H) § Eli = "ascension" descendant of Aaron through Ithamar and high priest and judge of Israel when Samuel entered service as a child

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

עֵלִי appears 30 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
29
1 Kings
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 2:27BSB

So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.

1 Samuel 1:17BSB

“Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”

1 Samuel 2:22BSB

Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

1 Samuel 3:8BSB

Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.”Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.

1 Samuel 4:4BSB

So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.