Asiel

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 4:85.

Holman Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 4:35-40

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ASIEL . 1 . Grandfather of Jehu a Simeonite ‘prince’ ( 1 Chronicles 4:35 ). 2 . One of five writers employed by Ezra to transcribe the Law ( 2Es 14:24 ). 3 . (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] Asael ) An ancestor of Tobit ( Tob 1:1 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Father of Seraiah, of the tribe of Simeon. 1 Chronicles 4:35 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

A'siel. (created by God).

1. A Simeonite whose descendant, Jehu, lived in the reign of Hezekiah. 1 Chronicles 4:35.

2. One of the five swift writers whom Esdras was commanded to take to write the law and the history of the world. 2 Esdras 14:24.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ā´si -el , as´i -el ( Ἀσιήλ , Asiḗl  ; the King James Version Asael (Tobit 1:1)):

(1) Grandfather of Jehu, one of the Simeonite "princes" mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:35 as sharing Judah's inheritance (see Joshua 19:9 ).

(2) A swift writer engaged by Ezra to transcribe the law (2 Esdras 14:24).

(3) An ancestor of Tobit (Tobit 1:1). Compare Jahzeel or Jahziel (Genesis 46:24 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

the name of two men.

1. (Heb. Asiel/, עֲשִׂיאֵל, created by God; Sept. Ἀσιήλ .) The father of Seraiah, and progenitor of one of the Simeonite chiefs that expelled the Hamite aboriaines from the fertile valleys near Gedor in the time of Hezekiah (1 Chronicles 4:35). B.C. ante 712.

2. (Vulg. Asiel, for the Greek text is not extant.) The last named of the five scribes whom the divine voice is represented, in the fanciful vision of 2 Esdras 14:24, as directing Ezra to bring for the purpose of recording the revelation about to be communicated to him.