חִיאֵלChîyʼêl
חִיאֵל: proper name, masculine: a Bethelite, rebuilder of Jericho (1 Kings 16:34)
Pronunciation: khee-ale' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2419
Meanings
חִיאֵל: proper name, masculine: name of the rebuilder of Jericho (1 Kings 16:34)
Same root
- חַיchay · H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
- אֵלʼêl · H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
Where it appears
Appears 1 times in the Bible.
- 1 Kings 16:34 It was during his reign that Hiel, a man from Bethel, rebuilt Jericho. When he laid its foundations, it cost him the life of his oldest son, Abiram. And when he completed it and set up its gates, it cost him the life of his youngest son, Segub. This all happened according to the message from the Lord concerning Jericho spoken by Joshua son of Nun.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).