Word Study · Strong's H5941 · Hebrew
עֵלִי
Eli
ay-lee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻÊlîy
“Eli, an Israelite highpriest”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Eli, an Israelite highpriest
Rendered in the KJV as
Eli.
- 33occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 15inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 33 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 15
- עֵלִ֔י5
- עֵלִ֗י4
- וְעֵלִ֖י3
- עֵלִ֖י3
- עֵלִ֑י3
- עֵלִי֙3
- עֵלִ֛י2
- עֵלִ֜י2
- עֵלִֽי׃2
- וְעֵלִ֣י1
- וְעֵלִ֕י1
- לְעֵלִֽי׃1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 3
- Eli27
- and Eli5
- to Eli1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)27
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)5
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 27
- HC/Npm · 5
- HR/Npm · 1
All 33, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Samuel32 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 1:3עֵלִ֗יʾeliproper noun (a name)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.here: Eli
- 1 Samuel 1:9וְעֵלִ֣יveeliconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)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.here: and Eli
- 1 Samuel 1:12וְעֵלִ֖יveeliconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.here: and Eli
- 1 Samuel 1:13עֵלִ֖יʾeliproper noun (a name)Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunkhere: Eli
- 1 Samuel 1:14עֵלִ֔יʾeliproper noun (a name)and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”here: Eli
- 1 Samuel 1:17עֵלִ֛יʾeliproper noun (a name)“Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”here: Eli
- 1 Samuel 1:25עֵלִֽי׃ʾeliproper noun (a name)And when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.here: Eli
- 1 Samuel 2:11עֵלִ֥יʾeliproper noun (a name)Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.here: Eli
- 1 Samuel 2:12עֵלִ֖יʾeliproper noun (a name)Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORDhere: Eli
- 1 Samuel 2:20עֵלִ֜יʾeliproper noun (a name)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.here: Eli
- 1 Samuel 2:22וְעֵלִ֖יveeliconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)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.here: and Eli
- 1 Samuel 2:27עֵלִ֑יʾeliproper noun (a name)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?here: Eli
- 1 Samuel 3:1עֵלִ֑יʾeliproper noun (a name)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.here: Eli
- 1 Samuel 3:2וְעֵלִ֖יveeliconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.here: and Eli
- 1 Samuel 3:5עֵלִ֗יʾeliproper noun (a name)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.here: Eli
- 1 Samuel 3:6עֵלִ֔יʾeliproper noun (a name)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.”here: Eli
- 1 Samuel 3:8עֵלִ֔יʾeliproper noun (a name)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.here: Eli
- 1 Samuel 3:8עֵלִ֔יʾeliproper noun (a name)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.here: Eli
- 1 Samuel 3:9עֵלִ֣יʾeliproper noun (a name)“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.here: Eli
- 1 Samuel 3:12עֵלִ֔יʾeliproper noun (a name)On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his family, from beginning to end.here: Eli
- 1 Samuel 3:14עֵלִ֑יʾeliproper noun (a name)Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”here: Eli
- 1 Samuel 3:14עֵלִ֛יʾeliproper noun (a name)Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”here: Eli
- 1 Samuel 3:15עֵלִֽי׃ʾeliproper noun (a name)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,here: Eli
- 1 Samuel 3:16עֵלִי֙ʾeliproper noun (a name)but Eli called to him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” answered Samuel.here: Eli
- 1 Samuel 4:4עֵלִ֗יʾeliproper noun (a name)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.here: Eli
- 1 Samuel 4:11עֵלִי֙ʾeliproper noun (a name)The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.here: Eli
- 1 Samuel 4:13עֵ֠לִיʾeliproper noun (a name)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.here: Eli
- 1 Samuel 4:14עֵלִי֙ʾeliproper noun (a name)Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.here: Eli
- 1 Samuel 4:14לְעֵלִֽי׃leelipreposition + proper noun (a name)Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.here: to Eli
- 1 Samuel 4:15וְעֵלִ֕יveeliconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.here: and Eli
- 1 Samuel 4:16עֵלִ֗יʾeliproper noun (a name)“I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.here: Eli
- 1 Samuel 14:3עֵלִ֜יʾeliproper noun (a name)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.here: Eli