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Lexicon :: Strong's H5941 - ʿēlî

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עֵלִי
Transliteration
ʿēlî
Pronunciation
ay-lee'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

עֵלִי ʻÊlîy, ay-lee'; from H5927; lofty; Eli, an Israelite highpriest:—Eli.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x

The KJV translates Strong's H5941 in the following manner: Eli (33x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x
The KJV translates Strong's H5941 in the following manner: Eli (33x).
  1. Eli = "ascension"

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֵלִי ʻÊlîy, ay-lee'; from H5927; lofty; Eli, an Israelite highpriest:—Eli.
STRONGS H5941: Abbreviations
עֵלִי proper name, masculine Eli, priest at Shiloh 1 Samuel 1:3 (+ 1 Samuel 1:3 Greek Version of the LXX Th Klo HPS), 1 Samuel 1:9; 1 Samuel 1:12 + 28 times 1-4 + 1 Samuel 14:3; 1 Kings 2:27; Ηλει.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

1:3; 1:3; 1:9; 1:12; 14:3

1 Kings

2:27

H5941

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5941 matches the Hebrew עֵלִי (ʿēlî),
which occurs 33 times in 30 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:3 -

This man would go up from his town every year to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of Armies at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were the LORD’s priests.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:9 -

On one occasion, Hannah got up after they ate and drank at Shiloh.[fn] The priest Eli was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the LORD’s temple.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:12 -

While she continued praying in the LORD’s presence, Eli watched her mouth.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:13 -

Hannah was praying silently, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. Eli thought she was drunk

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:14 -

and said to her, “How long are you going to be drunk? Get rid of your wine! ”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:17 -

Eli responded, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant the request you’ve made of him.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:25 -

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

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:11 -

Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy served the LORD in the presence of the priest Eli.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:12 -

Eli’s sons were wicked men; they did not respect the LORD

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:20 -

Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife: “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she[fn] has given to the LORD.” Then they would go home.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22 -

Now Eli was very old. 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.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:27 -

A man of God came to Eli and said to him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Didn’t I reveal myself to your forefather’s family[fn] when they were in Egypt and belonged to Pharaoh’s palace?

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:1 -

The boy Samuel served the LORD in Eli’s presence. In those days the word of the LORD was rare and prophetic visions were not widespread.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:2 -

One day Eli, whose eyesight was failing, was lying in his usual place.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:5 -

He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.”

“I didn’t call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:6 -

Once again the LORD called, “Samuel! ”

Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am; you called me.”

“I didn’t call, my son,” he replied. “Go back and lie down.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:8 -

Once again, for the third time, the LORD called Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am; you called me.”

Then Eli understood that the LORD was calling the boy.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:9 -

He told Samuel, “Go and lie down. If he calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening.’ ” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:12 -

“On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I said about his family, from beginning to end.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:14 -

“Therefore, I have sworn to Eli’s family: The iniquity of Eli’s family will never be wiped out by either sacrifice or offering.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:15 -

Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the LORD’s house. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:16 -

but Eli called him and said, “Samuel, my son.”

“Here I am,” answered Samuel.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:4 -

So the people sent men to Shiloh to bring back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Armies, who is enthroned between the cherubim. Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:11 -

The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:13 -

When he arrived, there was Eli sitting on his chair beside the road waiting, because he was anxious about the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the entire city cried out.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:14 -

Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion? ” The man quickly came and reported to Eli.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:15 -

At that time Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes didn’t move[fn] because he couldn’t see.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:16 -

The man said to Eli, “I’m the one who came from the battle.[fn] I fled from there today.”

“What happened, my son? ” Eli asked.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:3 -

Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod, was also there. He was the son of Ahitub, the brother of Ichabod son of Phinehas, son of Eli the LORD’s priest at Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:27 -

So Solomon banished Abiathar from being the LORD’s priest, and it fulfilled the LORD’s prophecy he had spoken at Shiloh against Eli’s family.

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