Lexical Definition

‎יְחִיאֵל‎ Yᵉchîyʼêl (yekh-ee-ale') Jehiel ^N:N-M-P
or (2 Chronicles 29:14) יְחַוְאֵל Yᵉchavʼêl (yekh-av-ale'); from ‎חָיָה‎ and ‎אֵל‎; God will live

Jehiel.

• § Jehiel = "God lives"
• Jechiel (or Jechavel), the name of eight Israelites

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יחואל‎ proper name, masculine 2Chr 29:14 Kt; Qr ‎יְחִיאֵל‎ q. v. below ‎חיה‎.

‎יְחִיאֵל‎ proper name, masculine(may El live; Phoenician ‎יחואלן‎, ‎יחומלך‎ see Eut^{ZMG 1876, 136}) — ᵐ5 usually Ιειηλ, Ιαιηλ; —

1. one of David's chief musicians 1Chr 15:18 (ᵐ5 Ιειηλ, ᵐ5^L Ιαιηλ), v1Chr 15:20 (ᵐ5 Ειθηλ, ᵐ5^L Ιειηλ), 1Chr 16:5 (ᵐ5 Ειειηλ, ᵐ5^L Ιαιηλ).

2. one of David's chiefs of the Levites 1Chr 23:8 (ᵐ5 Ι(ει)ηλ), 1Chr 29:8 (ᵐ5 Βεσιηλ, A ᵐ5^L Ιειηλ).

3. tutor of David's sons 1Chr 27:32 (ᵐ5 Ιε(ρι)ηλ, ᵐ5^L Ιωηλ).

4. son of Jehoshaphat 2Chr 21:2.

5. ‎יְחִו֯אֵל‎ Hemanite of Hezekiah's reign 2Chr 29:14.

6. over-seer in Hezekiah's reign 2Chr 31:13.

7. ruler of the temple in Josiah's reign 2Chr 35:8.

8. contemporaries of Ezra, Ezra 8:9 (ᵐ5 Ιεμα A Ιεειηλ, ᵐ5^L Ιειηλ), Ezra 10:2; Ezra 10:21; Ezra 10:6.

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