Lexical Definition

‎נְתַנְאֵל‎ Nᵉthanʼêl (neth-an-ale') Nethanel N:N-M-P
from ‎נָתַן‎ and ‎אֵל‎; given of God

Nethaneel.

1) son of Zuar and a chief of the tribe of Issachar at the exodus
2) the 4th son of Jesse and a brother of David
3) a priest in the reign of David who blew the trumpet before the ark when it was brought from the house of Obed-edom
4) a representative of the priestly family of Jedaiah in the time of Joiakim
5) a priest of the family of Pashur who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
6) a Levite, father of Shemaiah the scribe in the reign of David
7) a Levite, son of Obed-edom
8) a chief of the Levites in the reign of king Josiah of Judah
9) a prince of Judah in the reign of king Jehoshaphat of Judah who was sent by the king to teach in the cities of the kingdom
10) a Levite of the sons of Asaph who played a musical instrument at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem
10a) perhaps the same as 5

See Greek: Ναθαναήλ

Usage: 1 form in 1 verse
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
נְתַנְאֵ֔ל Nethanel Ezra.10.22

Extended Information

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נְתַנְאֵל‎ proper name, masculine (see GrayProp. N. 181, 192, 205; on proper names of this kind compare RSSem i. 100 n., 2nd ed. 108, GrayProp. N. 264); — ᵐ5 Ναθαναηλ; —

1. a chief of Issachar Num 1:8; Num 2:5; Num 7:18; Num 7:23; Num 10:15.

2. 4th son of Jesse 1Chr 2:14.

3. name of priests:
a. 1Chr 15:24.
b. Neh 12:21.

4. priest's son (who had strange wife) Ezra 10:22, perhaps = Neh 12:36.

5. Levite name:
a. 1Chr 24:6.
b. 1Chr 26:4.
c. 2Chr 35:9.

6. a prince of Jehoshaphat 2Chr 17:7.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Book Refs
Numbers 1:8 · 2:5 · 7:18 · 7:23 · 10:15
1 Chronicles 2:14 · 15:24 · 24:6 · 26:4
2 Chronicles 17:7 · 35:9
Ezra 10:22
Nehemiah 12:21 · 12:36

Profile

Male • Returned priest • Priest during Ezra's time

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Nethanel was a priest who had married a foreign woman during the Exile.

Nethanel was a priest who returned from the Babylonian Exile and was found to have married a foreign woman, which was against God's law (Ezra 10:22). He was one of many who had to send away their foreign wives and children as part of Ezra's reforms to purify the people.

All entries for Nethanel: נְתַנְאֵל