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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #5941 - עֵלִי

Transliteration

ʻÊlîy

Phonetics

ay-lee'

Origin

from (H5927)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Eli = "ascension"
1. descendant of Aaron through Ithamar and high priest and judge of Israel when Samuel entered service as a child

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (33)

1 Samuel 32

1 Kings 1

BSB (32)

1 Samuel 32

1 Kings 1

CSB (32)

1 Samuel 31

1 Kings 1

ESV (33)

1 Samuel 32

1 Kings 1

KJV (33)

1 Samuel 32

1 Kings 1

LEB (33)

1 Samuel 32

1 Kings 1

LSB (33)

1 Samuel 32

1 Kings 1

N95 (33)

1 Samuel 32

1 Kings 1

NAS (33)

1 Samuel 32

1 Kings 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (34)

1 Samuel 33

1 Kings 1

ASV (33)

against eli 1

and eli 2

and when eli 1

eli 4

lo, eli 1

me. and eli 1

now eli 3

of eli 7

of eli's 1

that eli 1

then eli 2

therefore eli 2

to eli 3

unto eli 3

when eli 1

BSB (32)

and eli 1

and eli''s 1

but eli 1

eli 14

eli''s 1

he 1

now eli 3

of eli 5

of eli''s 1

so eli 1

then eli 1

to eli 1

was eli 1

CSB (32)

eli 23

eli's 8

he 1

ESV (33)

eli 32

eli's 1

KJV (33)

eli 32

eli's 1

LEB (33)

and eli 1

eli 21

now eli 2

now eli was ⌊ninety 1

of eli 1

so eli 2

then eli 4

when eli 1

LSB (33)

eli 32

eli's 1

N95 (33)

eli 32

eli's 1

NAS (33)

eli 32

eli's 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (34)

against eli 1

eli 6

now eli 3

of eli 7

saw 1

that eli 1

then eli 2

therefore eli 2

to eli 6

when eli 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

עֵלִי proper name, masculine Eli, priest at Shiloh 1 Samuel 1:3 ( + 1 Samuel 1:3 ᵐ5 Th Klo HPS), 1 Samuel 1:9; 1 Samuel 1:12 28t. 1-4 + 1 Samuel 14:3; 1 Kings 2:27; Ηλει.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

עֵלִי (“going up,” perhaps “height;” from the root עָלָה), pr.n. Eli, a high priest; the predecessor of Samuel [as judge in Israel], 1 Samuel 1:3, seqq.; LXX. Vulg. Ἡλί, Heli.

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List of Word Forms

וְעֵלִ֕י וְעֵלִ֖י וְעֵלִ֣י ועלי לְעֵלִֽי׃ לעלי׃ עֵ֠לִי עֵלִ֑י עֵלִ֔י עֵלִ֖י עֵלִ֗י עֵלִ֛י עֵלִ֜י עֵלִ֣י עֵלִ֥י עֵלִֽי׃ עֵלִי֙ עלי עלי׃ ‘ê·lî ‘êlî eLi lə‘êlî lə·‘ê·lî leeLi veeLi wə‘êlî wə·‘ê·lî