noun · masculine
ēli
GreekἨλί (ēli)
Strong’sG2242
Eli
stem ēli-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Ἡλεί (Rec. Ἠλί; RV, Ἡλί), ὁ, indecl.,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2242 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhay-lee'
Heli (i.e. Eli), an Israelite
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesHeli.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ēli | ēli |
| object accusative | ēli | ēli |
| direct address vocative | ēli | ēli |
| of, belonging to genitive | ēli1×Ἠλὶ | ēli |
| to, for dative | ēli | ēli |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
ēli“Heli”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Luke 3:23“Heli”Kai autos ate Iēsus archerōtos hōsei eteiu triakonta, arōtos huios, hōs nomizite, Iōsēf tou ĒliJesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began His ministry. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,