Bible Person

Heli

Meaning: ascending; climbing up · Male · 1 cross reference

Heli is the father named for Joseph in Luke's genealogy and belongs to the line through which the evangelist traces Jesus' human descent. The page should be read within Luke's genealogical presentation rather than as a stand-alone narrative figure. First appears in Luke 3:23.1

AI summary: Heli matters because his single cross reference helps anchor Luke's genealogy at the threshold of the Gospel story. The entry contributes to the evangelist's presentation of Jesus as rooted in a real and traceable human line. Taken together, the material presents Heli as a genealogical figure in Luke's line of descent.1

Central Figure

Heli

Meaning: ascending; climbing up

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