עֵלִי (e.li) means “Eli” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: ay-lee' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
עֵלִי · e.li · Eli
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.1.3; 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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from H5927 (עָלָה); lofty; Eli, an Israelite highpriest
KJV glosses: Eli.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| eli | 14 |
| of eli | 5 |
| now eli | 3 |
| and eli | 1 |
| and elis | 1 |
| but eli | 1 |
| elis | 1 |
| he | 1 |
| of elis | 1 |
| so eli | 1 |
| then eli | 1 |
| to eli | 1 |
| was eli | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of eli | 7 |
| eli | 4 |
| now eli | 3 |
| to eli | 3 |
| unto eli | 3 |
| and eli | 2 |
| then eli | 2 |
| therefore eli | 2 |
| against eli | 1 |
| and when eli | 1 |
| lo eli | 1 |
| me and eli | 1 |
| of elis | 1 |
| that eli | 1 |
| when eli | 1 |
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Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.
Read word by wordSo after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.
Read word by wordAs Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.
Read word by wordHannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk
Read word by wordand said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”
Read word by word“Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
Read word by wordAnd when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.
Read word by wordThen Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.
Read word by wordNow the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
Read word by wordAnd Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.” Then they would go home.
Read word by wordNow 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.
Read word by wordThen a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s house?
Read word by wordAnd the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare, and visions were scarce.
Read word by wordAnd at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.
Read word by wordHe ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.
Read word by wordOnce again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”
Read word by wordOnce 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.
Read word by word“Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
Read word by wordOn that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his house, from beginning to end.
Read word by wordTherefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”
Read word by wordSamuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,
Read word by wordbut Eli called to him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” answered Samuel.
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by wordThe ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
Read word by wordWhen he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.
Read word by wordEli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.
Read word by wordNow Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.
Read word by word“I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.
Read word by wordincluding Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.
Read word by wordSo 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.
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