Topic
Heli
3 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Luke 3:23Easton · ISBE · Nave Father of Joseph
And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
- 2 Esdras 1:2ISBE
The son of Achias, the son of Phinees, the son of Heli, the son of Amarias, the son of Aziei, the son of Marimoth, the son of Arna, the son of Ozias, the son of Borith, the son of Abisei, the son of Phinees, the son of Eleazar,
- Luke 13:23Smith
Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
Elevation, father of Joseph in the line of our Lord’s ancestry (Luke 3:23).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references
he'-li (Helei for `eli):
(1) The father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, in Luke's account of the genealogy of Jesus (Lu 3:23).
(2) An ancestor of Ezra (2 Esdras 1:2).
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Father of Joseph Lu 3:23
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.