Lexical Definition

‎יְעִיאֵל‎ Yᵉʻîyʼêl (yeh-ee-ale') Jeiel ^N:N-M-P
from ‎יָעָה‎ and ‎אֵל‎; carried away of God

Jeiel, Jehiel. Compare ‎יְעוּאֵל‎.

• § Jeiel or Jehiel = "God sweeps away"
• Jeiel, the name of six Israelites

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