Or Rather Eli Heli

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Or Rather Eli Heli [1]

( ᾿Ηλί , in some ed. ᾿Ηλί or ᾿Ηλεί , Heb. עֵלַר , Ei), a name that occurs once in the N.T. and once in the Apocrypha.

1. The third of three names inserted between Achitob and Amarias in the genealogy of Ezra, in  2 Esdras 1:2, for which there is no corresponding name in the Heb. list ( Ezra 7:2-3).

2. The father-in-law of Joseph, and maternal grandfather of Christ ( Luke 3:23). B.C. ante 22. (See Genealogy Of Jesus Christ).

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