יְחִיאֵל
ye.chi.el
Jehiel
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Jehiel: A Hebrew Proper Name Jehiel (יְחִיאֵל) is a Hebrew proper name appearing three times in the biblical text. As a personal name rather than a common noun, it functions as a designation for specific individuals within the biblical narrative, though the lexicon data provided does not specify which particular figures bore this name or their roles. The minimal occurrence of Jehiel in the biblical corpus (only three instances) suggests it was not a widely used name, distinguishing it from more frequently appearing biblical names. Without additional contextual data about the individuals named Jehiel or their historical significance, the primary value of this entry lies in its documentation as a proper noun in Hebrew onomastics—the study of names—rather than in any broader semantic or theological significance.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
3 total occurrences across the text
and with them their brothers of the second rank, Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.
1 Chronicles 15:20and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with stringed instruments set to Alamoth;
1 Chronicles 16:5Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, with stringed instruments and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud;