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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:3 - And this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to Jehovah of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of Jehovah, were there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:9 - And Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk; (now Eli the priest sat upon the seat by the door-post of the temple of Jehovah;)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:12 - And it came to pass as she continued praying before Jehovah, that Eli marked her mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:13 - Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard; and Eli thought she was drunken.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:14 - And Eli said to her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:17 - And Eli answered and said, Go in peace; and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition which thou hast asked of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:25 - And they slaughtered the bullock, and brought the boy to Eli.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:11 - And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the boy ministered to Jehovah in the presence of Eli the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:12 - Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:20 - And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to Jehovah. And they went to their own home.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22 - And Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and that they lay with the women that served at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:27 - And there came a man of God to Eli and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Did I plainly reveal myself to the house of thy father when they were in Egypt, in Pharaoh's house,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:1 - And the boy Samuel ministered to Jehovah before Eli. And the word of Jehovah was rare in those days; a vision was not frequent.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:2 - And it came to pass at that time, when Eli lay in his place (now his eyes began to grow dim, he could not see),

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:5 - And he ran to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I did not call: lie down again. And he went and lay down.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:6 - And Jehovah called again, Samuel! And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I did not call, my son: lie down again.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:8 - And Jehovah called again the third time, Samuel! And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And Eli perceived that Jehovah was calling the boy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:9 - And Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down; and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Jehovah, for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:12 - In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house; I will begin and make an end.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:14 - And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice or oblation for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:15 - And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Jehovah. And Samuel feared to declare the vision to Eli.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:16 - And Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Here am I.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:4 - So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from thence the ark of the covenant of Jehovah of hosts, who sitteth between the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there by the ark of the covenant of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:11 - And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:13 - And when he came, behold, Eli was sitting upon the seat by the way-side watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And the man came to tell it in the city, and all the city cried out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:14 - And Eli heard the noise of the crying, and said, What is the noise of this tumult? And the man came hastily, and told Eli.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:15 - Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; and his eyes were set, that he could not see.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:16 - And the man said to Eli, I am he that came out of the battle, and I have fled to-day out of the battle. And he said, What has taken place, my son?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:3 - (And Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, Jehovah's priest in Shiloh, wore the ephod.) And the people did not know that Jonathan was gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:27 - And Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest to Jehovah, to fulfil the word of Jehovah, which he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
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