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Eli in Wikipedia

(Hebrew: עֵלִי, Modern ʻEli Tiberian ʻĒlî, "Ascent"; Greek: Ηλι; Latin: Heli) was, according to the Books of Samuel, a Jewish High Priest of Shiloh, and one of the last Israelite Judges before the rule of kings in ancient Israel......

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Eli (name) in Wikipedia

The given name Eli has several origins. All masculine names are derived from Hebrew: with spelling עֵלִי, a reference to Eli, the high priest in the Books of Samuel. Traditional English-speaking Christian uses of the name are generally based on this Eli. The usual pronunciation is /ˈiːlaɪ/.[1] with spelling אלי, an abbreviation of Elijah, Elish...

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Eli in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(ascension), a descendant of Aaron through Ithamar, the youngest of his two surviving sons. Le 10:1,2,12 comp. 1Kin 2:27 with 2Sam 8:17; 1Chr 24:3 (B.C. 1214-1116.) he was the first of the line of Ithamar who held the office of high priest. The office remained in his family till Abiathar was thrust out by Solomon, 1Ki 1:7; 2:26,27 when it pass...

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Eli in Easton's Bible Dictionary

ascent, the high priest when the ark was at Shiloh (1 Sam. 1:3, 9). He was the first of the line of Ithamar, Aaron's fourth son (1 Chr. 24:3; comp. 2 Sam. 8:17), who held that office. The office remained in his family till the time of Abiathar (1 Kings 2:26, 27), whom Solomon deposed, and appointed Zadok, of the family of Eleazar, in his ...

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Eli in Hitchcock's Bible Names

the offering or lifting up...

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Eli in Naves Topical Bible

High priest 1Sa 1:25; 2:11; 1Ki 2:27 -Judge of Israel 1Sa 4:18 -Misjudges and mistakenly rebukes Hannah 1Sa 1:14 -His benediction upon Hannah 1Sa 1:17,18; 2:20 -Officiates when Samuel is presented at the tabernacle 1Sa 1:24-28 -Indulgent to his corrupt sons 1Sa 2:22-25,29; 3:11-14 -His solicitude for the ark 1Sa 4:11-18 -Death of 1Sa...

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Eli in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Sprung from Ithamar, Aaron's younger surviving son (Leviticus 10:1-2; Leviticus 10:12). (Compare ABIATHAR.) (1 Kings 2:26-27; 1 Chronicles 24:3; 2 Samuel 8:17). Compare Eleazar's genealogy, wherein Eli and Abiathar do not appear (1 Chronicles 6:4-15; Ezra 7:1-5). No high priest of Ithamar's line is mentioned before Eli, whose appointment was ...

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Eli in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

e'-li (`eli): A descendant of Ithamar, the fourth son of Aaron, who exercised the office of high priest in Shiloh at the time of the birth of Samuel. For the first time in Israel, Eli combined in his own person the functions of high priest and judge, judging Israel for 40 years (1 Sam 4:18). The incidents in Eli's life are few; indeed, the mai...

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