ELI (1) Gender: Masculine Usage: English, Jewish, Biblical Other Scripts: עֵלִי (Hebrew) Pronounced: EE-lie (English)   [key] Means "ascension" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament he was the high priest of Israel and the teacher of Samuel. In England, Eli has been used as a Christian given name since the Protestant Reformation.

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(see also ELI (2))