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Strong's G2242 Ἡλί (heli)

Heli - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2242 — zethar in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2242
Language Greek
Linked Usages 33
Books 4

Strong's G2242 Quick Answer

Strong's G2242 Ἡλί (Heli) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. Heli (hay-lee') n/p. 1. Heli (i.e. Eli), an Israelite [of Hebrew origin (H5941)] It has 33 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include heli. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Meaning
Heli (hay-lee') n/p. 1. Heli (i.e. Eli), an Israelite [of Hebrew origin (H5941)]
Usage
33 linked usages
Books
4 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Usage Words
heli

Meaning and Definition

Heli (hay-lee') n/p. 1. Heli (i.e. Eli), an Israelite [of Hebrew origin (H5941)] KJV: Heli Root(s): H5941

Original Word
Ἡλί
Transliteration
Heli
Derivation
Root: עֵלִי R1: 5941
Morphology
Name Person

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2242. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's G2242 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Heli, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Heli Luke 3:23

How Strong's G2242 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 32 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2242 (Ἡλί) appears 36 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2242 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2242 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

Luke 3:23 KJV

And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,

Strong's G2242 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

32 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

1 Kingdoms 1:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And the man went up from year to year from his city, from Ramah, to worship and sacrifice to the Lord God of Sabaoth at Shiloh: and there were Eli and his two sons Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord.

1 Kingdoms 1:9 Septuagint / Brenton

And Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and stood before the Lord: and Eli the priest was on a seat by the threshold of the temple of the Lord.

1 Kingdoms 1:12 Septuagint / Brenton

And it came to pass, while she was long praying before the Lord, that Eli the priest marked her mouth.

Usage Excerpts

First 33 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2242.

1 Kingdoms 1:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man went up from year to year from his city, from Ramah, to worship and sacrifice to the Lord God of Sabaoth at Shiloh: and there were Eli and his two sons Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord.
1 Kingdoms 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and stood before the Lord: and Eli the priest was on a seat by the threshold of the temple of the Lord.
1 Kingdoms 1:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass, while she was long praying before the Lord, that Eli the priest marked her mouth.
1 Kingdoms 1:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she was speaking in her heart, and her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: and Eli accounted her a drunken woman.
1 Kingdoms 1:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the servant of Eli said to her, How long wilt thou be drunken? take away thy wine from thee, and go out from the presence of the Lord.
1 Kingdoms 1:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Eli answered and said to her, Go in peace: the God of Israel give thee all thy petition, which thou hast asked of him.
1 Kingdoms 1:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they brought him before the Lord; and his father slew his offering which he offered from year to year to the Lord; and he brought near the child, and slew the calf; and Hannah the mother of the child brought him to Eli.
1 Kingdoms 2:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and departed to Ramah: and the child ministered in the presence of the Lord before Eli the priest.
1 Kingdoms 2:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Eli the priest were evil sons, not knowing the Lord.
1 Kingdoms 2:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, saying, The Lord recompense to thee seed of this woman, in return for the loan which thou hast lent to the Lord: and the man returned to his place.
1 Kingdoms 2:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Eli was very old, and he heard what his sons did to the children of Israel.
1 Kingdoms 2:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a man of God came to Eli, and said, Thus says the Lord, I plainly revealed myself to the house of thy father, when they were servants in Egypt to the house of Pharaoh.
1 Kingdoms 3:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the child Samuel ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest: and the word of the Lord was precious in those days, there was no distinct vision.
1 Kingdoms 3:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass at that time that Eli was sleeping in his place; and his eyes began to fail, and could not see.
1 Kingdoms 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he ran to Eli, and said, Here am I, for thou didst call me: and he said, I did not call thee; return, go to sleep; and he returned and went to sleep.
1 Kingdoms 3:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord called again, Samuel, Samuel: and he went to Eli the second time, and said, Behold here am I, for thou didst call me: and he said, I called thee not; return, go to sleep.
1 Kingdoms 3:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord called Samuel again for the third time: and he arose and went to Eli, and said, Behold, I am here, for thou didst call me: and Eli perceived that the Lord had called the child.
1 Kingdoms 3:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In that day I will raise up against Eli all things that I have said against his house; I will begin, and I will make an end.
1 Kingdoms 3:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall not go on so; I have sworn to the house of Eli, the iniquity of the house of Eli shall not be atoned for with incense or sacrifices forever.
1 Kingdoms 3:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samuel slept till morning, and rose early in the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord; and Samuel feared to tell Eli the vision.
1 Kingdoms 3:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Eli said to Samuel, Samuel, my son; and he said, Behold, here am I.
1 Kingdoms 3:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samuel reported all the words, and hid them not from him. And Eli said, He is the Lord, he shall do that which is good in his sight.
1 Kingdoms 3:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord manifested himself again in Shiloh, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel; and Samuel was accredited to all Israel as a prophet to the Lord from one end of the land to the other: and Eli was very old, and his sons kept advancing in wickedness, and their way was evil before the Lord.
1 Kingdoms 4:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people sent to Shiloh, and they take thence the ark of the Lord who dwells between the cherubs: and both the sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were with the ark.
1 Kingdoms 4:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the ark of God was taken, and both the sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
1 Kingdoms 4:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he came, and behold, Eli was upon the seat by the gate looking along the way, for his heart was greatly alarmed for the ark of God: and the man entered into the city to bring tidings; and the city cried out.
1 Kingdoms 4:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Eli heard the sound of the cry, and said, What is the voice of this cry? and the man hastened and went in, and reported to Eli.
1 Kingdoms 4:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now Eli was ninety years old, and his eyes were fixed, and he saw not.
1 Kingdoms 4:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Eli said to them that stood round about him, What is the voice of this sound? And the man hastened and advanced to Eli, and said to him, I am he that is come out of the camp, and I have fled from the battle today: and Eli said, What is the event, my son?
1 Kingdoms 14:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ahijah son of Ahitub, the brother of Ichabod the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, was the priest of God in Shiloh wearing an ephod: and the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
3 Kingdoms 2:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Solomon removed Abiathar from being a priest of the Lord, that the word of the Lord might be fulfilled, which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
1 Chronicles 11:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
Luke 3:23 New Testament, KJV
And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2242, grouped by book.

1 Kingdoms 30 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament

Strong's G2242 FAQ

What does heli (Ἡλί) mean?

Heli (Strong's G2242) is a Greek word most simply glossed "Heli". Heli (hay-lee') n/p. 1. Heli (i.e. Eli), an Israelite [of Hebrew origin (H5941)]

How many times is heli (Ἡλί) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 33 linked usages for Strong's G2242 across 4 books.

Where can I study heli (Ἡλί) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2242 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

What English words translate heli (Ἡλί)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as heli. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2242 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 32 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G2242, with linked reader references where each row is available.