BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3081
ye.hu.khal — Jehucal
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.37.3; son of: Shelemiah (H8018M); also called Jucal (NIV: Jehukal) at Jer.38.1; Also named: yu.khal (יוּכַל "Jucal" H3116) § Jehucal = "Jehovah is able" a son of Shelemiah and a servant of king Zedekiah whom he sent to Jeremiah to entreat his prayers and advice
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8018
she.lem.yah — Shelemiah
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.39 § Shelemiah = "repaid by Jehovah" 1) a son of Bani who put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra 2) another son of Bani who put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra 3) father of Hananiah who repaired part of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 4) a priest in the time of Nehemiah in charge of the treasury 5) father of Jehucal or Jucal in the time of Zedekiah 6) Levite upon whom the lot for the East Gate fell; in the time of David 6a) also 'Meshelemiah' and 'Shallum' 7) father of Nethaniah and grandfather of Jehudi, who was the messenger sent to Baruch the scribe of Jeremiah 8) son of Abdeel and one the men commanded by king Jehoiakim of Judah to seize the prophet Jeremiah and his scribe Baruch 9) father of Irijah, the captain of the guard who arrested Jeremiah
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3116
yu.khal — Jucal
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.37.3; son of: Shelemiah (H8018M); also called Jucal (NIV: Jehukal) at Jer.38.1; Another name of ye.hu.khal (יְהוּכַל "Jehucal" H3081) § Jucal = "Jehovah is able" a son of Shelemiah and a servant of king Zedekiah whom he sent to Jeremiah to entreat his prayers and advice
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Able, the son of Shelemiah. He is also called Jucal (Jer. 38:1). He was one of the two persons whom Zedekiah sent to request the prophet Jeremiah to pray for the kingdom (Jer. 37:3) during the time of its final siege by Nebuchadnezzar. He was accompanied by Zephaniah (q.v.).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
