Lexical Definition

‎רְעוּאֵל‎ Rᵉʻûwʼêl (reh-oo-ale') Reuel ^N:N-M-P
from the same as ‎רְעוּ‎ and ‎אֵל‎; friend of God

Raguel, Reuel.

• § Reuel or Raguel = "friend of God"
• Reuel, the name of Moses' father-in-law, also of an Edomite and an Israelite

1) a son of Esau by his wife Bashemath, the sister of Ishmael
2) the father-in-law of Moses
2a) also 'Jethro'
3) father of Eliasaph, the leader of the tribe of Gad at the time of the census at Sinai
4) a Benjamite, ancestor of Elah

Extended Information

name of: יִתְרוֹ

• A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.2.18
• father of: Zipporah (צִפֹּרָה) and Hobab (חֹבָב); also called Reuel (KJV: Raguel) at Num.10.29
• Another name of yit.ro (‎י‎ִ‎ת‎ְ‎רו‎ֹ "Jethro" יִתְרוֹ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רְעוּאֵל‎ proper name, masculine Ραγουηλ:

1. Moses' father-in-law Exod 2:18 (J; ᵐ5^L Ιοθορ), Num 10:29 (JE); elsewhere ‎יִתְרוֺ‎ q. v.

2. Edomite Gen 36:4; Gen 36:10; Gen 36:13; Gen 36:17 (twice in verse) (P), || 1Chr 1:35; 1Chr 1:37.

3. Gadite Num 2:14, see ‎דְּעוּאל‎ p. 396.

4. Benjamite 1Chr 9:8.

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