H5717 H5717
Personal name meaning 'ornament is El'; a Simeonite, a priest, and a Davidic officer's father
Adiel, meaning 'ornament/finery of God,' appears as the name of three individuals in Chronicles. The theophoric element 'El' combined with a root suggesting adornment or beauty creates a name affirming that God Himself is the wearer's true glory. One Adiel was a Simeonite leader, another served as a priest, and a third was the father of one of David's officers. Sabean parallels show similar theophoric constructions were common across ancient Near Eastern cultures. The Septuagint transliterations vary slightly, reflecting the challenges of rendering Hebrew proper names into Greek.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Three distinct individuals bearing this name appear exclusively in Chronicles' genealogical and administrative records. The multilingual evidence shows standard proper name treatment: transliteration in English and Spanish, with French and German sometimes preserving the Hebrew form in brackets. The name appears in Simeonite genealogies, priestly lists, and Davidic administrative records, reflecting the diverse contexts where genealogical precision mattered to the Chronicler. 3×
AR["عَدِيئِيل", "عَدِيئِيلَ", "وَ-عَديئيل"]·ben["অদীয়েলের", "আদীয়েলের", "ও-অদীয়েল"]·DE["[ועדיאל]", "[עדיאל]"]·EN["Adiel", "and-Adi'el"]·FR["[ועדיאל]", "[עדיאל]"]·heb["ו-עדיאל", "עדיאל"]·HI["अदीएल", "और-अदीएल"]·ID["-Adiel", "Adiel", "dan-Adiel"]·IT["[ועדיאל]", "[עדיאל]"]·jav["Adièl", "Adiél", "lan-Adièl"]·KO["그-와-아디엘", "아디엘"]·PT["Adiel", "e-'Adi'el"]·RU["Адиэля", "и-Адиил"]·ES["Adiel", "y-Adiel"]·SW["Adieli", "na-Adieli"]·TR["Adiel'in", "ve-Adiel"]·urd["اور-عدیایل", "عدی-ایل-کا", "عدیئیل-کا"]
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
† עֲדִיאֵל n.pr.m. (an ornament is Ēl; cf. Sab. n.pr. עדאל Hal 51, 2);— 1. a Simeonite 1 Ch 4:36, 𝔊A Εδιηλ, 𝔊L Αδαηλ. 2. a priest 9:12, 𝔊 Αδιηλ. 3. father of officer, David’s time 27:25, 𝔊 Ωδιηλ.—Cf. GrayProp. N. 225, 231.