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Eli Lofty
Eli is a Hebrew name meaning lofty, said ay-lee'. The high priest who raised Samuel and who mistook Hannah's praying for drunkenness.
Where the name comes from
עֵלִי ʻÊlîy — Eli, an Israelite highpriest. Strong's H5941 derives it: from H5927 (עָלָה); lofty.
Eli in Scripture
The name appears in 31 verses, first at 1 Samuel 1:3.
1 Samuel 1:3 · KJV
And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
1 Samuel 1:9 · KJV
So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.
1 Samuel 1:12 · KJV
And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.
1 Samuel 1:13 · KJV
Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
1 Samuel 1:14 · KJV
And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
1 Samuel 1:17 · KJV
Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
1 Samuel 1:25 · KJV
And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
1 Samuel 2:11 · KJV
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
1 Samuel 2:12 · KJV
Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
1 Samuel 2:20 · KJV
And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.
1 Samuel 2:22 · KJV
Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
1 Samuel 2:27 · KJV
And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house?
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