Ṭâbᵉʼêl — H2870

Definition

masculine proper noun

Tabeel, the name of a Syrian and of a Persian

1. Tabeal = "God is good"
2. a man whose son was either in the army of Pekah or the army of Rezin and whom Pekah and Rezin proposed to make king of Israel
3. Tabeel = "God is good"
4. an officer of the Persian government in Samaria in the reign of Artaxerxes

Usually translated as

Tabeal, Tabeel

Origin

from H2895 and H410; pleasing (to) God

• Derived from Ṭôwb (H2895)
• Derived from ʼêl (H410)

Occurrences

Ṭâbᵉʼêl occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (1), Isaiah (1)

• Ezra 4:7 — And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel (טָֽבְאֵל֙), and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
• Isaiah 7:6 — Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal (טָֽבְאַֽל):