Yᵉchîyʼêl — H3171

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jechiel (or Jechavel), the name of eight Israelites

1. Jehiel = "God lives"
2. a Levite and one of the chief musicians in the time of David
3. a Gershonite Levite who had charge of the treasures in the time of David
4. son of Hachmoni and an officer of David and tutor of David's sons
5. a son of king Jehoshaphat of Judah put to death by his brother Jehoram
6. Hemanite who took part in the restoration of king Hezekiah
7. a Levite and overseer in the time of Hezekiah
8. a ruler of the temple during the reforms of Josiah
9. father of Obadiah of the sons of Joab in the time of Ezra
10. father of Shechaniah of the sons of Elam in the time of Ezra
11. a son of Elam who put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra
12. a priest of the sons of Harim who also had to put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Usually translated as

Jehiel

Origin

or (2 Chronicles 29:14) Yᵉchavʼêl; from H2421 and H410; God will live

• Derived from Châyâh (H2421)
• Derived from ʼêl (H410)

Occurrences

Yᵉchîyʼêl occurs 14 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (6), 2 Chronicles (4), Ezra (4)

• 1 Chronicles 15:18 — And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel (וִיחִיאֵ֣ל), and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters.
• 1 Chronicles 15:20 — And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel (וִֽיחִיאֵל֙), and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
• 1 Chronicles 16:5 — Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel (וִֽיחִיאֵ֡ל), and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
• 1 Chronicles 23:8 — The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel (יְחִיאֵ֛ל), and Zetham, and Joel, three.
• 1 Chronicles 27:32 — Also Jonathan David’s uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel (וִֽיחִיאֵ֥ל) the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons:
• 1 Chronicles 29:8 — And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel (יְחִיאֵ֖ל) the Gershonite.
• 2 Chronicles 21:2 — And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel (וִֽיחִיאֵל֙), and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 29:14 — And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel (יְחִיאֵ֣ל), and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.
• 2 Chronicles 31:13 — And Jehiel (וִֽיחִיאֵ֡ל), and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
• 2 Chronicles 35:8 — And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel (וִֽיחִיאֵ֗ל), rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.
• Ezra 8:9 — Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel (יְחִיאֵ֑ל), and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
• Ezra 10:2 — And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel (יְחִיאֵ֜ל), one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
• Ezra 10:21 — And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel (וִיחִיאֵ֖ל), and Uzziah.
• Ezra 10:26 — And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel (וִיחִיאֵ֣ל), and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.