Yᵉʻîyʼêl — H3273

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jeiel, the name of six Israelites

1. Jeiel or Jehiel = "God sweeps away"
2. one of the sons of Adonikam who returned from exile with Ezra
3. a chief Reubenite of the house of Joel
4. a Merarite Levite and a gatekeeper to the tabernacle who also played the harp and psaltery in the service before the ark
5. one of the chiefs of the Levites in the time of king Josiah
6. one of the sons of Nebo who took a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
7. a man of Gibeon and ancestor of king Saul
8. one of the sons of Hotham the Aroerite and one of David's mighty warriors
9. the scribe of king Uzziah who kept the account of the king's irregular predatory warriors
10. a Gershonite Levite of the sons of Elizaphan
11. a Gershonite Levite of the sons of Asaph and forefather of Jahaziel in the time of king Jehoshaphat

Usually translated as

Jeiel, Jehiel

Origin

from H3261 and H410; carried away of God

• Derived from Yâʻâh (H3261)
• Derived from ʼêl (H410)

Occurrences

Yᵉʻîyʼêl occurs 13 times in 12 verses of the King James.

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

• 1 Chronicles 5:7 — And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel (יְעִיאֵ֖ל), and Zechariah,
• 1 Chronicles 9:35 — And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel (יְעִיאֵ֑ל), whose wife’s name was Maachah:
• 1 Chronicles 11:44 — Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel (וִֽיעִיאֵ֔ל) the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,
• 1 Chronicles 15:18 — And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel (וִֽיעִיאֵ֖ל), the porters.
• 1 Chronicles 15:21 — And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel (וִֽיעִיאֵ֖ל), and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
• 1 Chronicles 16:5 — Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel (יְעִיאֵ֡ל), and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, 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 16:5 — Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel (וִֽיעִיאֵ֗ל) with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
• 2 Chronicles 20:14 — Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel (יְעִיאֵ֧ל), the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
• 2 Chronicles 26:11 — Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel (יְעִיאֵ֣ל) the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.
• 2 Chronicles 29:13 — And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel (וִיעִיאֵ֑ל): and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:
• 2 Chronicles 35:9 — Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel (וִיעִיאֵ֛ל) and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.
• Ezra 8:13 — And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel (יְעִיאֵ֣ל), and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
• Ezra 10:43 — Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel (יְעִיאֵ֤ל), Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah.