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HebrewH6274Proper Noun (Masculine)

עׇתְנִיאֵל

ot.ni.el

6Occurrences
H6274Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Othniel, an Israelite

from the same as H6273 (עׇתְנִי) and H410 (אֵל); force of God;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Kenaz (H7073I); brother of: Seraiah (H8304J); married to Achsah (H5915); father of: Hathath (H2867) and Meonothai (H4587)(?) § Othniel = "lion of God" son of Kenaz, younger brother of Caleb, and husband of Achsah the daughter of Caleb and his own niece; first judge of Israel, who after the death of Joshua, delivered the Israelites from the oppression of Chushanrishathaim

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

עׇתְנִיאֵל appears 6 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Judges
3
1 Chronicles
2
Joshua
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 27:15BSB

The twelfth, for the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophathite, from the family of Othniel. There were 24,000 men in his division.

1 Chronicles 4:13BSB

The sons of Kenaz:Othniel and Seraiah.The sons of Othniel:Hathath and Meonothai.

Judges 1:13BSB

So Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.

Judges 3:9BSB

But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.

Judges 3:11BSB

So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.