עֵלִיʻÊlîy

proper name, masculine: Eli, priest at Shiloh (1 Samuel 1:3; 1 Samuel 1:9; 1 Samuel 1:12; 1 Samuel 14:3; 1 Kings 2:27)

Pronunciation: ay-lee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5941

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 33 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Samuel 1:3 Each year Elkanah would travel to Shiloh to worship and sacrifice to the Lord of Heaven’s Armies at the Tabernacle. The priests of the Lord at that time were the two sons of Eli—Hophni and Phinehas.
  • 1 Samuel 1:9 Once after a sacrificial meal at Shiloh, Hannah got up and went to pray. Eli the priest was sitting at his customary place beside the entrance of the Tabernacle.
  • 1 Samuel 1:12 As she was praying to the Lord, Eli watched her.
  • 1 Samuel 1:13 Seeing her lips moving but hearing no sound, he thought she had been drinking.
  • 1 Samuel 1:14 “Must you come here drunk?” he demanded. “Throw away your wine!”
  • 1 Samuel 1:17 “In that case,” Eli said, “go in peace! May the God of Israel grant the request you have asked of him.”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).