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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:3

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Now this man would go up from his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of armies in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli H5941, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:9

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Then Hannah got up after eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli H5941 the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of the [fn]temple of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:12

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Now it came about, as she [fn]continued praying before the LORD, that Eli H5941 was watching her mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:13 - As for Hannah, she was speaking in her heart, only her lips were quivering, but her voice was not heard. So Eli H5941 thought that she was drunk.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:14 - Then Eli H5941 said to her, “How long will you behave like a drunk? Get rid of your wine!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:17 - Then Eli H5941 answered and said, “Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your request that you have asked of Him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:25 - Then they [fn]slaughtered the bull, and brought the boy to Eli H5941.

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Then Elkanah went to his home at Ramah. But the boy continued to attend to the service of the LORD before Eli H5941 the priest.

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Now the sons of Eli H5941 were [fn]useless men; they did not know the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:20 - Then Eli H5941 would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, “May the LORD give you [fn]children from this woman in place of the [fn]one she requested of the LORD.” And they went to their own [fn]home.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:22

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Now Eli H5941 was very old; and he heard about everything that his sons were doing to all Israel, and that they slept with the women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:27

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Then a man of God came to Eli H5941 and said to him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not indeed reveal Myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house?

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Now the boy Samuel was attending to the service of the LORD before Eli H5941. And word from the LORD was rare in those days; [fn]visions were infrequent.

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But it happened at that time as Eli H5941 was lying down in his place (now his eyesight had begun to be [fn]poor and he could not see well),

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:5 - Then he ran to Eli H5941 and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call, go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:6 - And the LORD called yet again, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up and went to Eli H5941 and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call, my son, go back and lie down.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:8 - So the LORD called Samuel again for the third time. And he got up and went to Eli H5941 and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli H5941 realized that the LORD was calling the boy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:9 - And Eli H5941 said to Samuel, “Go lie down, and it shall be if He calls you, that you shall say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:12 - “On that day I will carry out against Eli H5941 everything that I have spoken in regard to his house, from beginning to end.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:14 - “Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli H5941 that the wrongdoing of Eli’s H5941 house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.”

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So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. But Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli H5941.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:16 - Then Eli H5941 called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” And he said, “Here I am.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:4 - So the people sent men to Shiloh, and from there they carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD of armies who is enthroned above the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli H5941, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:11 - Moreover, the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli H5941, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:13 - When he came, behold, Eli H5941 was sitting on his seat [fn]by the road keeping watch, because his heart was anxious about the ark of God. And the man came to give a report in the city, and all the city cried out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:14 - When Eli H5941 heard the noise of the outcry, he said, “What does the noise of this commotion mean?” Then the man came hurriedly and told Eli H5941.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:15 - Now Eli H5941 was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were [fn]fixed and he could not see.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:16 - The man said to Eli H5941, “I am the one who came from the battle line. Indeed, I escaped from the battle line today.” And he said, “How are things, 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 H5941, the priest of the LORD at Shiloh, was [fn]wearing an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:27 - So Solomon dismissed Abiathar from being priest to the LORD, to fulfill the word of the LORD, which He had spoken regarding the house of Eli H5941 in Shiloh.
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