Easton's Bible Dictionary Elevation, father of Joseph in the line of our Lord's ancestry (Luke 3:23). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia HELI he'-li (Helei for `eli): (1) The father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, in Luke's account of the genealogy of Jesus (Luke 3:23). (2) An ancestor of Ezra (2 Esdras 1:2).

Multi-Version Concordance Heli (1 Occurrence) Luke 3:23 Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli, (WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS RSV NIV)