eli · Eli

What it means

eli (עֵלִי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Eli”.

Priest at Shiloh who judged Israel forty years (1 Samuel 4:18); Samuel grew up with him.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Samuel×32
• 1 Kings×1

• 1 Samuel 1:3

  That man used to go up from his city year after year to bow down and to sacrifice to YHWH Tsevaot in Shiloh; and there were the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests of YHWH.

• 1 Samuel 1:9

  And Hannah rose after eating in Shiloh and after drinking. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of the temple of YHWH.

• 1 Samuel 1:12

  And it happened, as she prayed at length before YHWH, that Eli was watching her mouth.

• 1 Samuel 1:13

  Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips were moving, and her voice was not heard. So Eli took her to be drunk.

• 1 Samuel 1:14

  And Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine from you.”

• 1 Samuel 1:17

  Then Eli answered and said, “Go in peace, and may the Elohim of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.”

• 1 Samuel 1:25

  And they slaughtered the bull and brought the boy to Eli.

• 1 Samuel 2:11

  Then Elkanah went to Ramah, to his house. And the boy was ministering to YHWH before Eli the priest.

• 1 Samuel 2:12

  Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they did not know YHWH.

• 1 Samuel 2:20

  And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May YHWH give you offspring from this woman in place of the petition that was asked for YHWH.” Then they would go to his home.

• 1 Samuel 2:22

  Now Eli was very old, and he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and that they were lying with the women who served at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

• 1 Samuel 2:27

  A man of Elohim came to Eli and said to him, “Thus says YHWH: Did I not clearly reveal myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt, in the house of Pharaoh?

• 1 Samuel 3:1

  And the boy Samuel was ministering to YHWH before Eli. And the word of YHWH was rare in those days; there was no vision breaking through.

• 1 Samuel 3:2

  And it happened on that day, as Eli was lying down in his place (and his eyes had begun to grow dim; he could not see),

• 1 Samuel 3:5

  And he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call; go back, lie down.” So he went and lay down.

• 1 Samuel 3:6

  And YHWH called again, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call, my son; go back, lie down.”

• 1 Samuel 3:8

  And YHWH called Samuel again, the third time. And he got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli understood that YHWH was calling the boy.

• 1 Samuel 3:9

  And Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down; and it will be that if he calls you, you shall say, ‘Speak, YHWH, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

• 1 Samuel 3:12

  On that day I will carry out against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.

• 1 Samuel 3:14

  Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of the house of Eli shall not be expiated by sacrifice or by offering forever.”

• 1 Samuel 3:15

  And Samuel lay until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of YHWH. And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.

• 1 Samuel 3:16

  But Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” And he said, “Here I am.”

• 1 Samuel 4:4

  So the people sent to Shiloh, and they carried from there the ark of the covenant of YHWH Tsevaot, who sits on the cherubim; and there were the two sons of Eli with the ark of the covenant of Elohim, Hophni and Phinehas.

• 1 Samuel 4:11

  And the ark of Elohim was taken, and the two sons of Eli died, Hophni and Phinehas.

• 1 Samuel 4:13

  He came, and there was Eli sitting on the seat beside the road, watching, for his heart was trembling for the ark of Elohim. And the man came to tell in the city, and all the city cried out.

• 1 Samuel 4:14

  And Eli heard the sound of the outcry and said, “What is the sound of this tumult?” And the man hurried and came and told Eli.

• 1 Samuel 4:15

  Now Eli was ninety -eight years old, and his eyes were fixed, and he could not see.

• 1 Samuel 4:16

  And the man said to Eli, “I am the one who has come from the battle line; I fled from the battle line today.” And he said, “How did the matter go, my son?”

• 1 Samuel 14:3

  And Ahijah son of Ahitub, brother of Ichabod, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, priest of YHWH at Shiloh, was carrying the ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.

• 1 Kings 2:27

  So Solomon expelled Abiathar from being priest to YHWH, to fulfill the word of YHWH that he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

And 3 more times.