Jekuthiel

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Sprung from Judah; son of Mered and Jehudijah; father (founder) of Zanoah (a town in Judah:  Joshua 15:34-56). (See Jehudijah .) Jekuthiel means trust in God. The Targum says, "because in his days the Israelites trusted in the God of heaven for 40 years in the wilderness." Mered's marrying Bithiah, Pharaoh's daughter, took place probably before the Exodus. The Portuguese Jews at the sabbath's close invoke Elijah as "having tidings of peace by the hand of Jekuthiel"

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Jeku'thi-el. A man recorded in the genealogies of Judah.  1 Chronicles 4:18.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

JEKUTHIEL . A man of Judah (  1 Chronicles 4:18 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Father of Zanoah, of the tribe of Judah.  1 Chronicles 4:18 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 4:18

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Yekuthi Ë l', יְקוּתַיאֵל , Reverence Of God; Sept. Ι᾿Εκθηήλ v.r. Ὁ Χετιήλ ), "father" of Zanoah and one of the sons apparently of Mered by his second wife Hodiah, or Jehudijah ( 1 Chronicles 4:18). B.C. cir. 1618. (See Mered).

"In the comment of Rabbi Joseph, Jered is interpreted to mean Moses and each of the names following are taken as titles borne by him. Jekuthiel — ‘ trust in God' — is so applied ‘ because in his days the Israelites trusted in the God of heaven for forty years in the wilderness.' In a remarkable prayer used by the Spanish and Portuguese Jews in the concluding service of the Sabbath, Elijah is invoked as having had ‘ tidings of peace delivered to him by the hand of Jekuthiel.' This is explained to refer to some transaction in the life of Phineas, with whom Elijah is, in the traditions of the Jews, believed to be identical (see Allen, Modern Judaism, p. 229)."

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

jē̇ - kū´thi - el ( יקוּתיאל , yeḳūthı̄'ēl meaning doubtful): A J udahite ( 1 Chronicles 4:18 ). The meaning may be "preservation of God" or perhaps the same as יקתאל , yoḳthe'ēl , "Joktheel," the name of a place in  Joshua 15:38;  2 Kings 14:7 .