Original: ἠλί

Transliteration: ēlí

Phonetic: ay-lee'

Short Definition: Eli

- Original: ἠλί

- Transliteration: Eli

- Phonetic: ay-lee'

- Definition:

1. Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani. The Hebrew form, as Eloi, Eloi, etc., is the Syro-Chaldaic (the common language in use by the Jews in the time of Christ) of the first words of the twenty second Psalm; they mean "My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

- Origin: of hebrew origin, H410 with pronominal suffix

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: Of hebrew origin ([H410] with pronoun suffix); my God: - Eli.