יְעִיאֵל

Strong’s Definition

Jeiel, the name of six Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

from H3261 (יָעָה) and H410 (אֵל); carried away of God;

KJV Usage

Jeiel, Jehiel. Compare H3262 (יְעוּאֵל).

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.one of the sons of adonikam who returned from exile with ezra
• 2.a chief reubenite of the house of joel
• 3.a merarite levite and a gatekeeper to the tabernacle who also played the harp and psaltery in the service before the ark
• 4.one of the chiefs of the levites in the time of king josiah
• 5.one of the sons of nebo who took a foreign wife in the time of ezra
• 6.a man of gibeon and ancestor of king saul
• 7.one of the sons of hotham the aroerite and one of david's mighty warriors
• 8.the scribe of king uzziah who kept the account of the king's irregular predatory warriors
• 9.a gershonite levite of the sons of elizaphan
• 10.a gershonite levite of the sons of asaph and forefather of jahaziel in the time of king jehoshaphat

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yᵉʻîyʼêl; Pronunciation: yeh-ee-ale'

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