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"ELI" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a height", "an ascension", "Eli", "my God", "my God", "the offering or lifting up". |
Date "ELI" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
"ELI" is a common misspelling or typo for: deli, elf, elk, ell, Elli, elm, lei. |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | ELI 1. |
Bible | Eli ascent, the high priest when the ark was at Shiloh (1 Sam. 1:3, 9). He was the first of the line of Ithamar, Aaron's fourth son (1 Chr. 24:3; comp. 2 Sam. 8:17), who held that office. The office remained in his family till the time of Abiathar (1 Kings 2:26, 27), whom Solomon deposed, and appointed Zadok, of the family of Eleazar, in his stead (35). He acted also as a civil judge in Israel after the death of Samson (1 Sam. 4:18), and judged Israel for forty years. His sons Hophni and Phinehas grossly misconducted themselves, to the great disgust of the people (1 Sam. 2:27-36). They were licentious reprobates. He failed to reprove them so sternly as he ought to have done, and so brought upon his house the judgment of God (2:22-33; 3:18). The Israelites proclaimed war against the Philistines, whose army was encamped at Aphek. The battle, fought a short way beyond Mizpeh, ended in the total defeat of Israel. Four thousand of them fell in "battle array". They now sought safety in having the "ark of the covenant of the Lord" among them. They fetched it from Shiloh, and Hophni and Phinehas accompanied it. This was the first time since the settlement of Israel in Canaan that the ark had been removed from the sanctuary. The Philistines put themselves again in array against Israel, and in the battle which ensued "Israel was smitten, and there was a very great slaughter." The tidings of this great disaster were speedily conveyed to Shiloh, about 20 miles distant, by a messenger, a Benjamite from the army. There Eli sat outside the gate of the sanctuary by the wayside, anxiously waiting for tidings from the battle-field. The full extent of the national calamity was speedily made known to him: "Israel is fled before the Philistines, there has also been a great slaughter among the people, thy two sons Hophni and Phinehas are dead, and the ark of God is taken" (1 Sam. 4:12-18). When the old man, whose eyes were "stiffened" (i.e., fixed, as of a blind eye unaffected by the light) with age, heard this sad story of woe, he fell backward from off his seat and died, being ninety and eight years old. (See ITHAMAR.) Eli, Heb. eli, "my God", (Matt. 27:46), an exclamation used by Christ on the cross. Mark (15:34), as usual, gives the original Aramaic form of the word, Eloi. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Jesus on the cross reportedly said "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani" which means "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me." It is a controversial quote however, and under serious dispute.
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Eli."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ELI | Danish | Eurocelle-bibliotek og-grænseflader | N/A |
ELI | Dutch | Eurocellenbibliotheek en interfaces | N/A |
ELI | English | Early loss index | N/A |
ELI | French | Bibliothèque Eurocell et interfaces | N/A |
| ELVIS | English | Eli Lilly Virtual Information Service | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: ELI |
| English words defined with "ELI": Cotton gin ♦ Saw gin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ELI": Compiler-Compiler ♦ Data definition language ♦ Eli Compiler Construction System ♦ IBM 650, IBM 705 ♦ LCL ♦ Make, Manufacture ♦ Schachter's Hypothesis, Son of Belial ♦ TLAs ♦ YALE. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "ELI" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Finnish (or), Portuguese (Eurocell Library and Interfaces), Welsh (ointment, salve). |
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Screenplays | Eli is something bad, a darkness. (Sports Night; writing credit: Tom Brady; Kevin Falls) He's a friend of the familyhe's like a son to Eli. (Witness; writing credit: William Kelley; Earl W. Wallace) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973) Eli masali (1966) Raportti eli balladi laivatytöistä (1964) Poika eli kesäänsä (1955) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | LCDR Commander John Bowie's base camp at Watertown, Yukon, Territory L to R: David Sammons; Eli Packer, geodetic engineer; bush pilot Sam White Lieutenant Commander John Bowie; Mr Smith, Canadian IBC representative. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Office tent at camp at Mile Post 253 on the Alcan Highway L to R: Bachtel, David Sammons, Lieutenant Commander John Bowie Eli Packer, geodetic engineer. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | L to r - Ector B. Latham, Charles Schanck, and Eli Packer Officers off of HYDROGRAPHER Traverse work on Florida's west coast. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis, Indiana : The Analytical Laboratories- 1886 / Paul Rabut. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Speedy Eli. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Eli Ginzberg | Enlarge the opportunity and the person will expand to fill it. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In the second study, investigators at Indiana University working with other researchers from Munich University, Stanford University, and the Eli Lilly Company, tested the association between the A2M mutation and Alzheimer's disease in a sample of almost 600 patients with AD and healthy older people (Dodel et al., 2000). While the A2M mutation was indeed a risk factor in the patient sample, individuals with the A2M mutation had about 1.5 times the risk of AD as did those without the mutation, suggesting that the risk of developing AD is not as great as previously reported. (references) | |
Business | U.S. suppliers active in this market include Abbott Laboratories, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Schering-Plough, American Cyanamid, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Beckman Coulter, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Pharmacia & Upjohn, Sysmex, Syva, Technicon, Chiron (Ciba Corning), Baxter Diagnostics, Becton Dickinson, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Radiometer, and Helena. (references) | |
Economic History | Philippines | Some of the U.S. pharmaceutical companies in the Philippines are Wyeth, Abbott Laboratories, Warner Lambert, Pfizer, and Eli Lilly. (references) |
India | Eli Lilly-Ranbaxy's 50:50 joint venture in India has been marketing a range of biotechnology products such as Humalog and Huminsulin for diabetes. (references) | |
Ireland | Sixteen out of the top twenty pharmaceutical companies in the world have manufacturing facilities in Ireland and include Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Bristol Myers Squibb, Schering Plough and Eli Lilly. (references) | |
Human Rights | Belize | As a result, the authorities discharged assistant inspectors Eli Salazar and Cardinal Smith from the police force. (references) |
Belize | While no action was taken against the chief inspector for the district, James Magdaleno, the authorities discharged assistant inspector Eli Salazar from the force, following an investigation of alleged torture of another victim. (references) | |
Political Economy | EGYPT | A local pharmaceutical firm filed a court case in October 2001 charging that the Ministry of Health and the Academy of Scientific Research acted illegally in granting Eli Lilly exclusive marketing rights in August 2001 for its schizophrenia drug. (references) |
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| "ELI" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 86.00% of the time. "ELI" is used about 50 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 86% | 43 | 52,181 |
| Noun (plural) | 8% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 4% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Unclassified Items | 2% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 50 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "ELI" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Eli | First name Male | 16,000 | 534 |
| Eli | Last name | 200 | 30,472 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "ELI" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a height", "an ascension", "Eli", "my God", "my God", "the offering or lifting up". | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "ELI". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Eli | N/A | Biblical | Eli |
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| The following table summarizes names related to "ELI." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Ely | Male | N/A | Eli |
| Eli | Male | Biblical | N/A |
| Eli | Male | English | N/A |
| Eli | Male | Jewish | N/A |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Eli Lilly and Company |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "ELI": Berna Eli Oldfield ♦ Eli Compiler Construction System ♦ Eli Whitney. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "ELI": eli-lilly. | |
Ending with "ELI": others-v-eli. | |
Containing "ELI": Bud-eli-fritz. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 27, Verse 46 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Peri de thn ennathn wran anebohsen o ihsouV fwnh megalh legwn hli hli lama sabacqani tout estin qee mou qee mou inati me egkatelipeV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et circa horam nonam clamavit Iesus voce magna dicens Heli Heli lema sabacthani hoc est Deus meus Deus meus ut quid dereliquisti me |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & embe þa nygeþen tid. clypede sehælend mycelre stefne. & þus cwæð. Hely.hely. lama zabathani. þt is on englisc. mingod min god to hwi for-lete þu me. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And aboute the nynthe our Jhesus criede with a greet vois, and seide, Heli, Heli, lamazabatany, that is, My God, my God, whi hast thou forsake me? |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And about ye nynth houre Iesus cryed with a loude voyce sayinge: Eli Eli lama asbathani. That is to saye my God my God why hast thou forsaken me? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And about the ninth hour Jesus gave a loud cry, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? |
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| Language | Matthew Chapter 27, Verse 46 |
| Cebuano | Ug sa may ikatulo na ang takna sa hapon, si Jesus mituwaw sa makusog nga tingog nga nag-ingon, "Eli, Eli, lama sabactani?" nga sa ato pa, "Dios ko, Dios ko, nganong gitalikdan mo ako." |
| Croatian | O devetoj uri povika Isus iza glasa: "Eli, Eli, lema sabahtani?" To æe reæi: "Bože moj, Bože moj, zašto si me ostavio?" |
| Danish | Og ved den niende Time råbte Jesus med høj Røst og sagde: "Eli! Eli! Lama Sabaktani?" det er: "Min Gud! min Gud! hvorfor har du forladt mig?" |
| Dutch | En omtrent de negende ure riep Jezus met een grote stem zeggende: ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI! dat is: Mijn God! Mijn God! Waarom hebt Gij Mij verlaten! |
| Finnish | Ja yhdeksännen hetken vaiheilla Jeesus huusi suurella äänellä sanoen: "Eeli, Eeli, lama sabaktani?" Se on: Jumalani, Jumalani, miksi minut hylkäsit? |
| French | Et vers la neuvième heure, Jésus s`écria d`une voix forte: Éli, Éli, lama sabachthani? c`est-à -dire: Mon Dieu, mon Dieu, pourquoi m`as-tu abandonné? |
| German | Und um die neunte Stunde schrie Jesus laut und sprach: Eli, Eli, lama asabthani? das heißt: Mein Gott, mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Pukul tiga sore, Yesus berteriak dengan suara keras, "Eli, Eli, lama sabakhtani?" yang berarti, "Ya Allah-Ku, ya Allah-Ku, mengapakah Engkau meninggalkan Aku?" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sekira-kira pukul tiga itu berserulah Yesus dengan suara yang nyaring, kata-Nya, "Eli, Eli, lama sabakhtani!" Artinya, "Ya Tuhan-Ku, ya Tuhan-Ku, apakah sebabnya Engkau meninggalkan Aku?" |
| Latvian | Bet ap devîto stundu Jçzus sauca stiprâ balsî, sacîdams: Eli, Eli, lema sabahtani? Tas ir: Mans Dievs, mans Dievs, kâpçc Tu mani atstâji? |
| Manx Gaelic | As mygeayrt yn nuyoo oor, deie Yeesey lesh ard-choraa, gra, ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACTHANI? ta shen dy ghra, My Yee, My Yee, cre'n-fa t'ou er my hreigeil? |
| Maori | A, ka tata ki te iwa o nga haora, ka karanga a Ihu, he nui te reo, ka mea, Eri, Eri, rama hapakatani? ara, E toku Atua, e toku Atua, he aha koe i whakarere ai i ahau? |
| Norwegian | Og ved den niende time ropte Jesus med høi røst og sa: Eli! Eli! lama sabaktani? det er: Min Gud! Min Gud! hvorfor har du forlatt mig? |
| Portuguese | Cerca da hora nona, bradou Jesus em alta voz, dizendo: Eli, Eli, lamá sabactani; isto é, Deus meu, Deus meu, por que me desamparaste? |
| Rumanian | Wi pe la ceasul al nouqlea, Isus a strigat cu glas tare: ,,Eli, Eli, Lama Sabactani?`` adicq: ,,Dumnezeul Meu, Dumnezeul Meu, pentru ce M`ai pqrqsit?`` |
| Shuar | Nuni ai Jesus kakantar untsumkamiayi. "ErÃ, ErÃ, rama sapaktani' TÃmiayi. Nusha shuar chichamjainkia "Yusrú, Yusrú, ¿urukamtai ajapa ikiurkiniam?" tawai. |
| Swahili | Mnamo saa tisa Yesu akalia kwa sauti kubwa, "Eli, Eli, lema sabakthani?" Maana yake, "Mungu wangu, Mungu wangu, mbona umeniacha?" |
| Swedish | Och vid nionde timmen ropade Jesus med hög röst och sade: "Eli, Eli, lema sabaktani*?"; det betyder: "Min Gud, min Gud, varför har du övergivit mig?" |
| Uma | Jaa tolu ncimonou', mekio' -imi Yesus napasimuku mpo'uli': "Alata'ala-ku! Alata'ala-ku! Napa pai' nupalahii-a?" Hi rala basa Yahudi: "Eli! Eli! Lama sabakhtani?" |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ELI": elicit, elicitation, elicitations, elicited, eliciting, elicitor, elicitors, elicits, elide, elided, elides, elidible, eliding, eligibilities, eligibility, eligible, eligibles, eligibly, eliminate, eliminated, eliminates, eliminating, elimination, eliminations, eliminative, eliminator, eliminators, elint, elints, elision, elisions, elite, elites, elitism, elitisms, elitist, elitists, elixir, elixirs. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ELI": deli, gingeli, obeli. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ELI": abelia, abelian, abelias, adobelike, aguelike, allelic, allelism, allelisms, ameliorate, ameliorated, ameliorates, ameliorating, amelioration, ameliorations, ameliorative, ameliorator, ameliorators, amelioratory, aneling, angelic, angelica, angelical, angelically, angelicas, angeling, annelid, annelidan, annelidans, annelids, anopheline, anophelines, anthelia, anthelices, anthelion, anthelions, anthelix, anthelixes, antielite, antielites, antielitism, antielitisms, antielitist, antielitists, antinovelist, antinovelists, antireligion, antireligious, apelike, aphelia, aphelian, aphelion. (additional references) | |
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"ELI" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alii, Eala, Ebi, Eblin, Eciv, Egli, Ehle, Eiiib, eil, Eiu, E'la, Elbio, elic, Elihu, elik, eliz, ellic, Ellix, Ellul, Elyr, elzi, Emla, Emly, Enlil, Enlli, eoi, Eyi, Ili, Jli, Melfi, Tli, Ueli, Ulli, Ului, Yeliz. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: lei, lie. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l" | |
-1 letter: el, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l" | |
+1 letter: bile, ceil, deil, deli, diel, elhi, evil, file, heil, idle, ilea, ilex, isle, leis, lice, lied, lief, lien, lier, lies, lieu, life, like, lime, line, lipe, lire, lite, live, lwei, mile, pile, plie, riel, rile, tile, veil, vile, wile. | |
+2 letters: agile, ailed, aisle, alien, alike, aline, alive, anile, ariel, axile, belie, bezil, bible, bield, biles, bilge, birle, blite, ceils, celli, chiel, chile, clime, cline, deils, delis, devil, edile, elain, elemi, elfin, elide, elint, elite, eloin, email, ervil, evils, exile, felid, field, filed, filer, files, filet, fille, flied, flier, flies, flite, gelid, gimel, glide, glime, guile, heils, helio, helix, ideal, idled, idler, idles, ileac, ileal, ileum, ileus, iller, impel, ingle, inkle, inlet, isled, isles, islet, istle, ixtle, kelim, kevil, legit, lenis, levin, lewis, lexis, liane, libel, liber, liege, liens, liers, lieus, lieve, lifer, liger, liked, liken, liker, likes, limed, limen, limes, limey, lined, linen, liner, lines, liney, lisle, liter, lithe, litre, lived, liven, liver, lives, livre, looie, louie, lweis, maile, melic, miler, miles, mille, obeli, oiled, oiler, oldie, oleic, olein, olive, oriel, peril, pilea, piled, pilei, piles, pixel, plied, plier, plies, relic, relit, reoil, riels, rifle, riled, riles, riley, rille, shiel, sidle, silex, slice, slide, slier, slime, slipe, smile, solei, speil, spiel, spile, stile, telia, telic, teloi, tilde, tiled, tiler, tiles, title, toile, utile, veils, vexil, viler, voile, while, wield, wiled, wiles, yield. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 4C 49 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .-.. .. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01001100 01001001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E L I |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 004C 0049 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)394643 |
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