Zuriel

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Zu'ri-el. (My Rock Is God). Son of Abihail, and chief of the Merarite Levites, at the time of the Exodus.  Numbers 3:35.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Zuriel . A Merarite chief (  Numbers 3:35 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Son of Abihail, a Merarite.  Numbers 3:35 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Numbers 3:35

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Numbers 3:35

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

zū´ri - el ( צוּריאל , cūrı̄'ēl , "my rock is El (God)"): Prince of the house of Merari (  Numbers 3:35 ).

The word cūr , "rock," occurs also in the compound names Elizur (  Numbers 1:5 ), Zurishaddai ( Numbers 1:6 , etc.) and Pedahzur ( Numbers 1:10 ). Gray, Numbers 6, says that a Sabean name Ṣūri‛addana is found in an inscription said to be of the 8th century BC, or somewhat carrier (Hommel, Ancient Hebrew Tradition , 320), and ברצור , barcūr , in a Zinjirli inscription of the 8th century Bc (Panammu Inscr., 1. 1), and that possibly the Old Testament place-name "Beth-zur" should be added ( Joshua 15:58;  1 Chronicles 2:45;  2 Chronicles 11:7;  Nehemiah 3:16 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Tsuriel', צוּרַיאֵל , My Rock is God; Sept. Ζουριήλ ; Vulg. Suriel ) , the son of Abihail and chief of the Merarite Levites at the time of the Exode ( Numbers 3:35). B.C. 1658.

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Zu´riel (God is my rock), son of Abihail, and family chief or genesarch of the Merarites at the organization of the Levitical establishment (). It does not appear to which of the two great divisions of the Merarites he belonged.