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Jehiel — personal name meaning 'may God live,' borne by several Levites, officials, and leaders in Chronicles and Ezra
A theophoric name built from the prayer 'may El live' (יְחִיאֵל), Jehiel appears across the later historical books as a recurring marker of Levitical piety. Among its most notable bearers are one of David's chief musicians appointed for the ark procession (1 Chr 15:18, 20; 16:5), a chief of the Levites entrusted with temple treasuries (1 Chr 23:8; 29:8), and a tutor of David's own sons (1 Chr 27:32). The name resurfaces in Hezekiah's and Josiah's reigns among temple overseers, and again in Ezra's company of returning exiles. That so many unrelated individuals share this name testifies to its popularity as a petition for divine vitality.
Senses
1. Jehiel (proper name) — A masculine proper name (יְחִיאֵל) meaning 'may God live,' rendered in the Septuagint variously as Ιειηλ and Ιαιηλ. It designates at least eight distinct individuals: David's musician in the ark procession (1 Chr 15:18), a Levitical chief over treasuries (1 Chr 23:8; 29:8), a royal tutor (1 Chr 27:32), a son of Jehoshaphat (2 Chr 21:2), temple officials under Hezekiah and Josiah, and contemporaries of Ezra. Spanish and English translations consistently render it 'Jehiel' or 'Yechiel.' 15×
AR["[يَحُوئِيلُ]", "وَ-يَحِيئِيلُ", "وَيَحِيئِيلُ", "وِيحِيئِيلُ", "يَحِيئِيل", "يَحِيئِيلَ", "يَحِيئِيلُ"]·ben["আর-যহীয়েল", "আর-যিহীয়েল", "ও-যহীয়েল", "ও-যিহীয়েল", "যহীয়েলের", "যিহীয়েল", "যিহীয়েলের"]·DE["Jechiel", "[ויחיאל]", "[יחיאל]", "und-Jechiel"]·EN["Yechiel", "[ketiv]", "and-Jehiel", "and-Yechiel", "and-Yehiel"]·FR["[ויחיאל]", "[יחואל]", "[יחיאל]"]·heb["(יחיאל)", "[יחואל]", "ו-יחיאל", "ו-יחיאל ׀", "יחיאל"]·HI["और-यखीएल", "और-यहीएल", "यहीएल", "यहीएल-का", "येचिएल"]·ID["-Yehiel", "Yehiel", "[Yehuel]", "dan-Yehiel"]·IT["Jehiel", "e-Jehiel"]·jav["Lan-Yéhièl", "Yehiel", "Yehièl", "Yéhièl", "[Yéhuèl]", "lan-Yehiel", "lan-Yehiél", "lan-Yèhièl", "lan-Yéhièl"]·KO["그-와-여히엘", "그리고-여히엘", "그리고-여히엘과", "그리고-예히엘", "여히엘", "여히엘-의", "여히엘과", "여히엘의"]·PT["(Yechuel)", "E-Yehiel", "Yechiel", "Yehi'el", "e-Yechiel", "e-Yehiel"]·RU["[кетив]", "Йехиэль", "Йехиэля", "и-Иехиэль", "и-Йехиэль"]·ES["Jehiel", "Yejiel", "Yeḥiel", "[Yejuel]", "y-Jehiel", "y-Yejiel", "y-Yeḥiel"]·SW["Yehieli", "[Yehueli]", "na-Yehieli", "wiychiyel"]·TR["Ve-Yehiel", "Yehiel", "Yehiel'in", "Yehielin", "[K]", "ve-Yehiel"]·urd["اور-یحی-ایل", "اور-یحیئیل", "اور-یحیایل", "یحی-ایل", "یحیئیل", "یحیئیل-کے", "یحیایل"]
1 Chr 15:18, 1 Chr 15:20, 1 Chr 16:5, 1 Chr 23:8, 1 Chr 27:32, 1 Chr 29:8, 2 Chr 21:2, 2 Chr 29:14, 2 Chr 29:14, 2 Chr 31:13, 2 Chr 35:8, Ezra 8:9 (+3 more)
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† יְחִיאֵל n.pr.m. (may Ēl live; Ph. יחואלן, יחומלך v. Eut ZMG 1876, 136)—𝔊 usually Ιειηλ, Ιαιηλ;— 1. one of David’s chief musicians 1 Ch 15:18 (𝔊 Ιειηλ, 𝔊L Ια��ηλ), v 20 (𝔊 Ειθηλ, 𝔊L Ιειηλ), 16:5 (𝔊 Ειειηλ, 𝔊L Ιαιηλ). 2. one of David’s chiefs of the Levites 1 Ch 23:8 (𝔊 Ι(ει)ηλ), 29:8 (𝔊 Βεσιηλ, A 𝔊L Ιειηλ). 3. tutor of David’s sons 1 Ch 27:32 (𝔊 Ιε(ρι)ηλ, 𝔊L Ιωηλ). 4. son of…