יְחִיאֵלYᵉchîyʼêl
יחואל: proper name, masculine: q.
Pronunciation: yekh-ee-ale' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3171
Meanings
v. below חיה (2 Chronicles 29:14)
יְחִיאֵל: proper name, masculine: may El live
1. one of David's chief musicians (1 Chronicles 15:18; 1 Chronicles 15:20; 1 Chronicles 16:5)
2. one of David's chiefs of the Levites (1 Chronicles 23:8; 1 Chronicles 29:8)
3. tutor of David's sons (1 Chronicles 27:32)
4. son of Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 21:2)
5. Hemanite of Hezekiah's reign (2 Chronicles 29:14)
6. over-seer in Hezekiah's reign (2 Chronicles 31:13)
7. ruler of the temple in Josiah's reign (2 Chronicles 35:8)
8. contemporaries of Ezra (Ezra 8:9; Ezra 10:2; Ezra 10:21)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 14 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 15:18 The following men were chosen as their assistants: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers—Obed-edom and Jeiel.
- 1 Chronicles 15:20 Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were chosen to play the harps.
- 1 Chronicles 16:5 Asaph, the leader of this group, sounded the cymbals. Second to him was Zechariah, followed by Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They played the harps and lyres.
- 1 Chronicles 23:8 Three of the descendants of Libni were Jehiel (the family leader), Zetham, and Joel.
- 1 Chronicles 27:32 Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a wise counselor to the king, a man of great insight, and a scribe. Jehiel the Hacmonite was responsible for teaching the king’s sons.
- 1 Chronicles 29:8 They also contributed numerous precious stones, which were deposited in the treasury of the house of the Lord under the care of Jehiel, a descendant of Gershon.
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).