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 · H3262
ye.u.el — Jeuel
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at 1Ch.9.6 § Jeuel = "God sweeps away" son of Zerah and a chief man of Judah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H22
a.vi.el — Abiel
Abiel = "El (God) is (my) father" Saul's grandfather, a man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.9.1; son of: Zeror (H6872C); married to Maacah (H4601N); father of: Kish (H7027), Ner (H5369), Abdon (H5658J), Zur (H6698I), Baal (H1168B), Nadab (H5070J), Gedor (H1446I), Ahio (H0283I), Zecher (H2144) and Mikloth (H4732); also called Jeiel (Ketiv: Jeuel; KJV: Jehiel) at 1Ch.9.35; Ner at 1Ch.8.33; 9.39;
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Snatched away by God, a descendant of Zerah (1 Chr. 9:6).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
