Kemuel

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A Levite (1 Chronicles 27:17 ).

Copyright StatementThese dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Kemuel'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/k/kemuel.html. 1897.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Nahor's son by Milcah, father of Bethuel (Rebekah's father) and Aram or Ram (Genesis 22:21; compare Job 32:2).

2. Numbers 34:24.

3. 1 Chronicles 27:17.

Holman Bible Dictionary

Genesis 22:212Numbers 34:2431 Chronicles 27:17

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

Son of Nahor. (Genesis 22:21) If it be derived from Kum, to arise; and El, God, the sense is, God hath raised.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

KEMUEL . 1. The son of Nahor and father of Aram, Genesis 22:21 (contrast Genesis 10:22 , where Aram is son of Shem). 2 . The prince of the tribe of Ephraim, one of the twelve commissioners for the dividing of the land ( Numbers 34:24 ). 3 . The father of Hashabaiah, the ruler of the Levites ( 1 Chronicles 27:17 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Nahor. Genesis 22:21 .

2. Son of Shiphtan and a prince of Ephraim. Numbers 34:24 .

3. Levite, father of Hashabiah. 1 Chronicles 27:17 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Kem'uel. (congregation of God).

1. The son of Nahor, by Milcah, and father of Aram. Genesis 22:21. (B.C. 1925).

2. The son of Shiptan, and prince of the tribe of Ephraim; one of the twelve men appointed by Moses to divide the land of Canaan. Numbers 34:24,

3. A Levite, father of Hashabiah, prince of the tribe in the reign of David. 1 Chronicles 27:17. (B.C. 1014).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kem´ū́ - el , kḗ - mū´el ( קמוּאל , ḳemū'ēl , "God's mound"):

(1) Nephew of Abraham (Genesis 22:21 ), father of Aram, whom Ewald identifies with Ram of Job 32:2; but compare Genesis 10:22 , where Aram is described as one of the children of Shem. They may not be the same person.

(2) Prince of Ephraim, one of the land commissioners who divided Canaan (Numbers 34:24 ).

(3) A L evite, father of Hashabiah, one of the tribal princes of David's time, a ruler among the Levites (1 Chronicles 27:17 ).

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Kem´uel (assembly of God), third son of Abraham's brother Nahor, and father of six sons, the first of whom is named Aram, and the last Bethuel . All these are unknown, except the last, who was the father of Laban and Rebekah .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

[some Kem'uel] (Heb. Kemuel', קְמוּאֵל , perhaps helper of God, otherwise assembly of God; Sept. Καμουήλ), the name of three men.

1. The third son of Abraham's brother Nahor, and father of six sons (Genesis 22:21), all unknown except the last, Bethuel, who was the father of Laban and Rebekah (Genesis 24:15). B.C. cir. 2090. As the name of. Aram, the first-born, is also the Hebrew name of Syria, some commentators have most strangely conceived that the Syrians were descended from him; but Syria was already peopled ere he was born, Laban (Genesis 28:5,) and Jacob (Deuteronomy 26:5) being both called " Syrians," although neither of them was descended from Kemuel's son Aram. The misconception originated with the Septuagint, which in this case renders אֲבַי אֲרִם," father of Aram," by πατέρα Σύρων , "father of the Syrians." (See Aram).

2. Son of Shiphtan and phylarch of Ephraim, appointed commissioner on behalf of that tribe to partition the land of Canaan (Numbers 34:24). B.C. 1618.

3. A Levite, father of Hashabiah, which latter was one of the royal officers under David and Solomon (1 Chronicles 27:17). B.C. 1014.