King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3171
Transliteration: Yechiel or Yechavel
Phonetic Spelling: (yekh-ee-ale')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "may God live", the name of a number of Isr
Meaning: Jehiel -- "may God live", the name of a number of Israelites
Word Summary
Yechiel or Yechavel: "may God live", the name of a number of Isr
Original Word: יְחִיאֵלTransliteration: Yechiel or Yechavel
Phonetic Spelling: (yekh-ee-ale')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "may God live", the name of a number of Isr
Meaning: Jehiel -- "may God live", the name of a number of Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Jehiel Or (2 Chron. 29:14) Ychavrel {yekh-av-ale'}; from chayah and 'el; God will live; Jechiel (or Jechavel), the name of eight Israelites -- Jehiel.
see HEBREW chayah
see HEBREW 'el
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3171. Yechiel
or Yechavel יחואל proper name, masculine2 Chronicles 29:14 Kt; Qr יְחִיאֵל q. v. below חיה.
II. חוה (√ of following; Arabic collect, gather; circle of tents compare II. חַי below חיה, Arabic ).
יְחִיאֵל proper name, masculine(may El live; Phoenician יחומלך יחואלן, see EutZMG 1876, 136) — ᵐ5 usually Ιειηλ, Ιαιηλ; —
1 one of David's chief musicians 1 Chronicles 15:18 (ᵐ5 Ιειηλ, ᵐ5L Ιαιηλ), 15:20 (ᵐ5 Ειθηλ, ᵐ5L Ιειηλ), 16:5 (ᵐ5 Ειειηλ, ᵐ5L Ιαιηλ).
2 one of David's chiefs of the Levites 1 Chronicles 23:8 (ᵐ5 Ι(ει)ηλ), 29:8 (ᵐ5 Βεσιηλ, A ᵐ5L Ιειηλ).
3 tutor of David's sons 1 Chronicles 27:32 (ᵐ5 Ιε(ρι)ηλ, ᵐ5L Ιωηλ).
4 son of Jehoshaphat2 Chronicles 21:2.
5 יְחִו֯אֵל Hemanite of Hezekiah's reign 2 Chronicles 29:14.
6 over-seer in Hezekiah's reign2 Chronicles 31:13.
7 ruler of the temple in Josiah's reign2 Chronicles 35:8.
8 contemporaries of Ezra, Ezra 8:9 (ᵐ5 Ιεμα A Ιεειηλ, ᵐ5L Ιειηλ), 10:2, 21, 6.