עַמִּיאֵלʻAmmîyʼêl
proper name, masculine: my kinsman is God
Pronunciation: am-mee-ale' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5988
Meanings
1. east Jordan name (2 Samuel 9:4; 2 Samuel 9:5; 2 Samuel 17:27)
2. a Danite (Numbers 13:12)
3. David's father-in-law (1 Chronicles 3:5; 2 Samuel 11:3)
4. son of Obed Edom (1 Chronicles 26:5)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 13:12 Dan Ammiel son of Gemalli
- 2 Samuel 9:4 “Where is he?” the king asked. “In Lo-debar,” Ziba told him, “at the home of Makir son of Ammiel.”
- 2 Samuel 9:5 So David sent for him and brought him from Makir’s home.
- 2 Samuel 17:27 When David arrived at Mahanaim, he was warmly greeted by Shobi son of Nahash, who came from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and by Makir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and by Barzillai of Gilead from Rogelim.
- 1 Chronicles 3:5 The sons born to David in Jerusalem included Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. Their mother was Bathsheba, the daughter of Ammiel.
- 1 Chronicles 26:5 Ammiel (the sixth), Issachar (the seventh), and Peullethai (the eighth). God had richly blessed Obed-edom.
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).