יְחִיאֵל

Strong’s Definition

Jechiel (or Jechavel), the name of eight Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

or (2 Chronicles 29:14) יְחַוְאֵל; from H2421 (חָיָה) and H410 (אֵל); God will live;

KJV Usage

Jehiel.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.a levite and one of the chief musicians in the time of david
• 2.a gershonite levite who had charge of the treasures in the time of david
• 3.son of hachmoni and an officer of david and tutor of david's sons
• 4.a son of king jehoshaphat of judah put to death by his brother jehoram
• 5.hemanite who took part in the restoration of king hezekiah
• 6.a levite and overseer in the time of hezekiah
• 7.a ruler of the temple during the reforms of josiah
• 8.father of obadiah of the sons of joab in the time of ezra
• 9.father of shechaniah of the sons of elam in the time of ezra
• 10.a son of elam who put away his foreign wife in the time of ezra
• 11.a priest of the sons of harim who also had to put away his foreign wife in the time of ezra

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yᵉchîyʼêl; Pronunciation: yekh-ee-ale'