HeliEaston's DictionaryElevation, father of Joseph in the line of our Lord’s ancestry (Luke 3:23).Smith's 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]International Standard Bible Encyclopediahe'-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).