עֵלִי

e.liEli
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man33 occurrences2 books30 verses
This is the name of Eli: High priest and judge of Israel at Shiloh.

Definition

from H5927; lofty; Eli, an Israelite highpriest
Traditional renderings: Eli.

Glossary entries

Eli

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

33 total
  1. 1 Samuel 1:3עֵלִ֗י · Eli’s
    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.
  2. 1 Samuel 1:9וְעֵלִ֣י · Now Eli
    So 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.
  3. 1 Samuel 1:12וְעֵלִ֖י · Eli
    As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.
  4. 1 Samuel 1:13עֵלִ֖י · So Eli
    Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk
  5. 1 Samuel 1:14עֵלִ֔י
    …and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”
  6. 1 Samuel 1:17עֵלִ֛י · Eli
    “Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
  7. 1 Samuel 1:25עֵלִֽי׃ · Eli
    And when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.
  8. 1 Samuel 2:11עֵלִ֥י · Eli
    Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.
  9. 1 Samuel 2:12עֵלִ֖י · of Eli
    Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
  10. 1 Samuel 2:20עֵלִ֜י · And Eli
    And 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.
  11. 1 Samuel 2:22וְעֵלִ֖י · Now Eli
    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.
  12. 1 Samuel 2:27עֵלִ֑י · Eli
    Then 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?
  13. 1 Samuel 3:1עֵלִ֑י · Eli
    And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare, and visions were scarce.
  14. 1 Samuel 3:2וְעֵלִ֖י · Eli
    And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.
  15. 1 Samuel 3:5עֵלִ֗י · Eli
    He 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.
  16. 1 Samuel 3:6עֵלִ֔י · Eli
    Once 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.”
  17. 1 Samuel 3:8 (2×)עֵלִ֔י · Eli; עֵלִ֔י · Then Eli
    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.
  18. 1 Samuel 3:9עֵלִ֣י · he
    “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.
  19. 1 Samuel 3:12עֵלִ֔י · Eli
    On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his house, from beginning to end.
  20. 1 Samuel 3:14 (2×)עֵלִ֑י · of Eli; עֵלִ֛י · of Eli’s
    Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”
  21. 1 Samuel 3:15עֵלִֽי׃ · Eli
    Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,
  22. 1 Samuel 3:16עֵלִי֙ · but Eli
    …but Eli called to him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” answered Samuel.
  23. 1 Samuel 4:4עֵלִ֗י · of Eli
    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.
  24. 1 Samuel 4:11עֵלִי֙ · and Eli’s
    The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
  25. 1 Samuel 4:13עֵ֠לִי · was Eli
    When 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.
  26. 1 Samuel 4:14 (2×)עֵלִי֙ · Eli; לְעֵלִֽי׃ · to Eli
    Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.
  27. 1 Samuel 4:15וְעֵלִ֕י · Now Eli
    Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.
  28. 1 Samuel 4:16עֵלִ֗י · Eli
    “I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.
  29. 1 Samuel 14:3עֵלִ֜י · of Eli
    …including 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.
  30. 1 Kings 2:27עֵלִ֖י · of Eli
    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.