Yᵉchîyʼêlîy — H3172

Definition

masculine proper noun

a Jechielite or descendant of Jechiel

1. Jehieli = "God shall save alive" or "swept away of God"
2. a Gershonite Levite of the family of Laadan

Usually translated as

Jehieli

Origin

patronymically from H3171

• Derived from Yᵉchîyʼêl (H3171)

Occurrences

Yᵉchîyʼêlîy occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (2)

• 1 Chronicles 26:21 — As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli (יְחִיאֵלִֽי).
• 1 Chronicles 26:22 — The sons of Jehieli (יְחִֽיאֵלִ֑י); Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD.