Eli

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biblical figure high priest judge of Israel

Eli is a biblical high priest and judge of Israel known for mentoring the prophet Samuel and presiding over the sanctuary at Shiloh.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Eli the priest 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical figure ⓘ
high priest ⓘ
judge of Israel ⓘ
appearsIn 1 Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith House of Eli NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shiloh NERFINISHED ⓘ
ark of the covenant NERFINISHED ⓘ
country ancient Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathCause fell from his seat and broke his neck ⓘ
deathMentionedIn 1 Samuel 4 ⓘ
fatherOf Hophni NERFINISHED ⓘ
Phinehas NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReputationFor failure to restrain his sons ⓘ
hasSon Hophni NERFINISHED ⓘ
Phinehas NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor judging Israel ⓘ
mentoring the prophet Samuel ⓘ
serving at the sanctuary in Shiloh ⓘ
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
literaryGenreContext Deuteronomistic history NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentorOf Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameMeaning “ascended” ⓘ
“my God” ⓘ
narrativeLocation Books of Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeSucceededBy Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversaw ark of the covenant at Shiloh ⓘ
positionHeld high priest of Israel ⓘ
judge of Israel ⓘ
precedes reign of Saul ⓘ
presidedOver sanctuary at Shiloh ⓘ
tabernacle at Shiloh ⓘ
receivedMessageFrom man of God who prophesied judgment ⓘ
receivedRevelationThrough young Samuel ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Shiloh NERFINISHED ⓘ
role mentor of Samuel ⓘ
scripturalTradition Masoretic Text NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedAs priest at Shiloh ⓘ
sonsDescribedAs corrupt priests ⓘ
subjectOf prophecy of judgment on his house ⓘ
teacherOf Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod pre-monarchic period of Israel ⓘ
tribalAssociation tribe of Levi NERFINISHED ⓘ
veneratedIn Christian tradition ⓘ
Jewish tradition ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible → servedUnder → Eli ⓘ
subject surface form: Samuel
prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible → mentor → Eli ⓘ
subject surface form: Samuel
Hannah → praysBefore → Eli ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eli the priest
Shiloh → associatedWithPerson → Eli ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eli the priest