Reuel רְעוּאֵל

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Reuel
רְעוּאֵל
Transliterationreuel
Strong's numberH7467 (H7467G, H7467J, H7467H, H7467I)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechname of a man
GlossReuel
Occurrences11 in 10 verses
Most frequent inGenesis (4)

Reuel (Hebrew רְעוּאֵל, Strong's H7467) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Reuel”. It occurs 11 times.

Definition

H7467G: Reuel

A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.4;
son of: Esau (H6215) and Mahalath (H4258);
half-brother of: Eliphaz (H0464), Jeush (H3266), Jalam (H3281) and Korah (H7141);
father of: Nahath (H5184), Zerah (H2226), Shammah (H8048) and Mizzah (H4199)
§ Reuel or Raguel = "friend of God"
1) a son of Esau by his wife Bashemath, the sister of Ishmael
2) the father-in-law of Moses
2a) also 'Jethro'
3) father of Eliasaph, the leader of the tribe of Gad at the time of the census at Sinai
4) a Benjamite, ancestor of Elah

H7467J: Reuel

A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.2.18;
father of: Zipporah (H6855) and Hobab (H2246); also called Reuel (KJV: Raguel) at Num.10.29;
Another name of yit.ro (יִתְרוֹ "Jethro" H3503)
§ Reuel or Raguel = "friend of God"
1) a son of Esau by his wife Bashemath, the sister of Ishmael
2) the father-in-law of Moses
2a) also 'Jethro'
3) father of Eliasaph, the leader of the tribe of Gad at the time of the census at Sinai
4) a Benjamite, ancestor of Elah

H7467H: Reuel

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at 1Ch.9.8;
son of: Ibnijah (H2998);
father of: Shephatiah (H8203H)
§ Reuel or Raguel = "friend of God"
1) a son of Esau by his wife Bashemath, the sister of Ishmael
2) the father-in-law of Moses
2a) also 'Jethro'
3) father of Eliasaph, the leader of the tribe of Gad at the time of the census at Sinai
4) a Benjamite, ancestor of Elah

H7467I: Reuel

A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.1.14;
father of: Eliasaph (H0460); also called Reuel at Num.2.14;
Another name of de.u.el (דְּעוּאֵל "Deuel" H1845)
§ Reuel or Raguel = "friend of God"
1) a son of Esau by his wife Bashemath, the sister of Ishmael
2) the father-in-law of Moses
2a) also 'Jethro'
3) father of Eliasaph, the leader of the tribe of Gad at the time of the census at Sinai
4) a Benjamite, ancestor of Elah

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVreuel (10), raguel (1)
BSBreuel (9), descended from reuel (1), deuel (1)

Verses

Every verse with Reuel, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Numbers

1 Chronicles

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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