Eli

[ee-lahy]

noun

1. (in the Bible) a Hebrew judge and priest.

2. Also Elie a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “height.”

Eli

/ ˈiːlaɪ /

noun

1. Old Testament the highest priest at Shiloh and teacher of Samuel (I Samuel 1–3)

Example Sentences

Yossi Sharabi, 53, was kidnapped from Be'eri along with his brother, Eli.

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Eli, who was released in February 2025, told the BBC last week how important it was for the family to have a funeral and closure.

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“Stakes are high for this morning’s EIA report following last week’s ultra-bullish 53 Bcf injection,” Eli Rubin of EBW Analytics says in a note.

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People saw Manning not as a player with three collegiate starts to his name, but one who’d absorbed the expertise of uncles Peyton and Eli via osmosis.

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Shares of other big drugmakers including Eli Lilly and AstraZeneca also have risen sharply, on the expectation that other companies might strike similar deals that spare them more onerous outcomes.

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