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HebrewH3171Proper Noun (Masculine)

יְחִיאֵל

ye.chi.el

14Occurrences
H3171Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jechiel (or Jechavel), the name of eight Israelites

or (2 Chronicles 29:14) יְחַוְאֵל; from H2421 (חָיָה) and H410 (אֵל); God will live;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at § Jehiel = "God lives" 1) a Levite and one of the chief musicians in the time of ) a Gershonite Levite who had charge of the treasures in the time of ) son of Hachmoni and an officer of David and tutor of David's sons 4) a son of king Jehoshaphat of Judah put to death by his brother Jehoram 5) Hemanite who took part in the restoration of king Hezekiah 6) a Levite and overseer in the time of Hezekiah 7) a ruler of the temple during the reforms of Josiah 8) father of Obadiah of the sons of Joab in the time of ) father of Shechaniah of the sons of Elam in the time of ) a son of Elam who put away his foreign wife in the time of ) a priest of the sons of Harim who also had to put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יְחִיאֵל appears 14 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
6
2 Chronicles
4
Ezra
4

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 15:18BSB

and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.

1 Chronicles 16:5BSB

Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals

1 Chronicles 27:32BSB

David’s uncle Jonathan was a counselor; he was a man of insight and a scribe.Jehiel son of Hachmoni attended to the sons of the king.

2 Chronicles 21:2BSB

Jehoram’s brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat, were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; these were all sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.

2 Chronicles 31:13BSB

Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by appointment of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the chief official of the house of God.

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