קְמוּאֵל
qe.mu.el
Kemuel
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Kemuel: A Rare Biblical Name Kemuel appears only once in the biblical text, making it an extremely limited data point for linguistic analysis. As a proper noun—a personal name rather than a common word with semantic range—it functions primarily as an identifier rather than a word with meaning that can be analyzed through usage patterns. The single occurrence prevents establishing broader significance or usage patterns in biblical literature. Without additional contextual information about where this name appears or what role the person bearing it played in the narrative, we cannot determine whether Kemuel held particular importance in biblical history or tradition. The rarity of attestation suggests either that the figure was minor in the biblical record or that the name was not commonly preserved in the surviving texts. For meaningful analysis of biblical vocabulary, words appearing multiple times across different contexts typically provide richer insight into meaning and theological importance. A single occurrence of a proper noun offers only identification value—we know the name existed and was used at least once, but cannot reliably extrapolate beyond that limited evidence.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence across the text