Bible dictionaries
Heli
What Bible dictionaries say about “Heli”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Heli - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
Elevation, father of Joseph in the line of our Lord's ancestry (Luke 3:23).
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 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).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915Smith’s Bible Dictionary
(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]
William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3
The article in Smith