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).

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.