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

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.8.13

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Male • Returned from exile • A descendant of Adonikam who returned from exile

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Jeuel, a descendant of Adonikam, was among those who returned to Jerusalem with Ezra (Ezr.8.13).

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.8.13;
• only referred to as Jeuel יְעִיאֵל.

Jeuel is briefly mentioned in Ezra 8:13 as one of the descendants of Adonikam who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian exile. He is listed among the men who accompanied Ezra on his journey to Jerusalem, which took place during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia.

All entries for Jeuel: יְעִיאֵל