Bible Dictionary

Heli

The name Heli means “ascending; climbing up”.

Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897

Elevation, father of Joseph in the line of our Lord’s ancestry (Luke 3:23).

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(ascending), the father of Joseph the husband of the Virgin Mary, (Luke 13:23) perhaps the grandfather of Mary herself. [See Genealogy Of Jesus Christ OF JESUS CHRIST]

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

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).