H5941 עֵלִי
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 33 KJV occurrences
עֵלִי
ʻÊlîy · ay-lee'
Definition
Eli, an Israelite highpriest
KJV Renderings
Eli.
Derivation / Etymology
from H5927 (עָלָה); lofty;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 33)
- 1 Samuel 1:3And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
- 1 Samuel 1:14And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
- 1 Samuel 2:12¶ Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 3:1And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.
- 1 Samuel 3:8And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child.
- 1 Samuel 3:14And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
- 1 Samuel 4:4So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
- 1 Samuel 4:14And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.