Jeuel

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Jeuel 1. A Judahite (  1 Chronicles 9:6 ). 2. A Levitical family name (  2 Chronicles 29:13 ). 3. A contemporary of Ezra (  Ezra 8:13 ). In 2 and 3 Qerç has Jeiel .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Je'uel. A chief man of Judah, one of the Bene-Zerah, (that is, sons of Zerah).  1 Chronicles 9:6. Compare  1 Chronicles 9:2. See Jeiel .

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 9:2;  1 Chronicles 9:6.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Descendant of Zerah: he returned from exile.  1 Chronicles 9:6 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 9:6

Holman Bible Dictionary

Jeiel

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

jḗ - ū´el , jū´el ( יעוּאל , ye‛ū'ēl , meaning unknown):

(1) A man of Judah ( 1 Chronicles 9:6 ); the name is not found in the parallel of  Nehemiah 11:24 .

(2) A L evite, the King James Version "Jeiel" ( 2 Chronicles 29:13 ).

(3) A companion of Ezra, the King James Version "Jeiel" ( Ezra 8:13 ).

(4) The name occurs also as Kethibh in  1 Chronicles 9:35;  2 Chronicles 26:11 . See Jeiel , (2), (6).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Yeuel', יְעוּאֵל , Snatched away by God, i.e. protected; Sept. Ι᾿Εήλ ,Vutg. Jehuel ) , a descendant of Zerah, who, with his kindred to the number of 690, resided in Jerusalem after the captivity ( 1 Chronicles 9:6). B.C. 536. This name is also everywhere written in the text for יְעַיאֵל . (See Jeiel). In the Apocrypha ( 1 Esdras 8:39) it stands for the Heb. Jeuel ( Ezra 8:13) as the name of one of the Bene-Adonikam who returned to Jerusalem after the captivity.