Person New Testament
Esli
Esli was an ancestor of Jesus Christ, mentioned in His genealogy. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Luke 3:25.
Why it matters. An ancestor of Jesus Christ.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Esli
Esli is mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus Christ recorded in Luk.3.25. He was the son of Naggai and the father of Nahum. Esli was part of the lineage traced from David to Jesus through Nathan, David's son.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Luke (1 verse)