Eli
Speech parts
1. Eli - Noun
2. Eli - Proper noun
Meaning
A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin.
(biblical) The priest who brought up Samuel.
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Eli (plural Elis)
A student at Yale University.
Clipping of Elijah.
Clipping of Elisha.
Eli m
a male given name
Eli m
a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English Eli
Eli
a female given name, a popular short form of Elin (Helen)
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Eli
(biblical) Eli (priest who brought up Samuel)
ELI (plural ELIs)
(finance) Abbreviation of equity-linked instrument.
Synonyms
Examples
It was so weird, because usually I was totally nervous talking to guys. But Eli was different. He made me want to say more, not less. Which was maybe not a good thing.
The guys I grew up with, my cinematic heroes, have always been men of few words, but of action. Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach.
I have an African gray parrot; her name is Eli. We thought she was a boy. And a blue-streaked lory named Marco. He's 10. And a yellow and green parakeet, Petey. He's very cute, but he's getting old.
I'm a Giants fan through and through. I am crazy about Eli Manning. I'm all about the Giants.
Above the candelabrum was a golden jar filled with olive-oil and beneath it a golden basin which supplied the jar with oil and on which the names of Nadab, Abihu, and Eli and his two sons were engraved.
Abiathar's removal from the Priesthood fulfilled that other part of the curse on the House of Eli—that the Priesthood would pass out of the House of Eli.