Deuel

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Numbers 1:14; Numbers 7:42; in Numbers 3:14 Reuel, the Hebrew letter Resh ( ר ) closely resembling the Hebrew letter Daleth ( ד ).

Holman Bible Dictionary

Numbers 1:14Numbers 2:14

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

DEUEL . Father of Eliasaph, prince of Gad ( Numbers 1:14; Numbers 7:42; Numbers 7:47; Numbers 10:20 ) = Reuel , Numbers 2:14 (perhaps the original name).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Father of Eliasaph, 'prince' of Gad. Numbers 1:14; Numbers 7:42,47; Numbers 10:20 . In Numbers 2:14 he is called REUEL.This is plainly an instance where the letter ד (D) has been mistaken for the letter ר(R).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

De'uel or De-u'el. (invocation of God). Father of Eliasaph, the "captain" of the tribe of Gad, at the time of the numbering of the people at Sinai. Numbers 1:14; Numbers 7:42; Numbers 7:47; Numbers 10:20. (B.C. 1491). The same man is mentioned again in Numbers 2:14 but here the name appears as Ruel.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

dū´el , dē̇ -ū´el דּעוּאל , de‛ū'ēl , "knowledge of God"): A G adite, the father of Eliasaph, the representative of the tribe of Gad in the census-taking (Numbers 1:14 ), in making the offering of the tribe at the dedication of the altar (Numbers 7:42 , Numbers 7:47 ), and as leader of the host of the tribe of the children of Gad in the wilderness (Numbers 10:20 ). Called Reuel in Numbers 2:14 , daleth (ד , d ) being confused with resh (ר , r ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Deuel,; דְּעוּאֵל, according to Gesenius, invocation of God; according to Furst, acquainted with God; Sept. ῾Ραγουήλ; Vulg. Dehuel), father of Eliasaph, the "captain" ( נָשַׂיא ) of the tribe of Gad at the time of the numbering of the people at Sinai (Numbers 1:14; Numbers 7:42; Numbers 7:47; Numbers 10:20). B.C. ante 1657. The same man is mentioned again in 2:14, but here the name appears as REUEL (See Reuel) (q.v.), owing to an interchange of the two very similar Hebrew letters ד and ר . In this latter passage the Samaritan, Arabic, and Vulg. retain the D; the Sept., as in other places, has R. The greater weight of evidence is therefore in favor of the reading "Deuel" in both passages. Furst ingeniously suggests (Heb. Handw. p. 304) that the name may have been originally Daruel (דִּרְעוּאֵל ), which would explain the various reading.