ascending; climbing up
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
HELI.1. The father of Joseph, in the genealogy of Jesus (Luk_3:23). 2. An ancestor of Ezra (2Es_1:2); omitted in parallel passages, 1Es_8:2, Ezr_7:2-3.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Father of Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary. Probably the brother of Jacob, Mary's father (Luk_3:23). (See GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST.)
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
He'lez. (ascending). The father of Joseph, the husband of the Virgin Mary, Luk_13:23, perhaps the grandfather of Mary herself. See Genealogy of Jesus Christ.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
hē?lı̄ (Ἡλεί, Hēleı́ for עלי, ‛ēlı̄):
(1) The father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, in Luke's account of the genealogy of Jesus (Luk_3:23).
(2) An ancestor of Ezra (2 Esdras 1:2).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.