Nᵉthanʼêl — H5417

Definition

masculine proper noun

Nethanel, the name of ten Israelites

1. Nethaneel = "given of God"
2. son of Zuar and a chief of the tribe of Issachar at the exodus
3. the 4th son of Jesse and a brother of David
4. a priest in the reign of David who blew the trumpet before the ark when it was brought from the house of Obed-edom
5. a representative of the priestly family of Jedaiah in the time of Joiakim
6. a priest of the family of Pashur who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
7. a Levite, father of Shemaiah the scribe in the reign of David
8. a Levite, son of Obed-edom
9. a chief of the Levites in the reign of king Josiah of Judah
10. a prince of Judah in the reign of king Jehoshaphat of Judah who was sent by the king to teach in the cities of the kingdom
11. a Levite of the sons of Asaph who played a musical instrument at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem
1. perhaps the same as 5

Usually translated as

Nethaneel

Origin

from H5414 and H410; given of God

• Derived from Nâthan (H5414)
• Derived from ʼêl (H410)

Greek equivalents

• Nathanaḗl (G3482)

Occurrences

Nᵉthanʼêl occurs 14 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (5), 1 Chronicles (4), 2 Chronicles (2), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (2)

• Numbers 1:8 — Of Issachar; Nethaneel (נְתַנְאֵ֖ל) the son of Zuar.
• Numbers 2:5 — And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel (נְתַנְאֵ֖ל) the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar.
• Numbers 7:18 — On the second day Nethaneel (נְתַנְאֵ֣ל) the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:
• Numbers 7:23 — And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethaneel (נְתַנְאֵ֖ל) the son of Zuar.
• Numbers 10:15 — And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel (נְתַנְאֵ֖ל) the son of Zuar.
• 1 Chronicles 2:14 — Nethaneel (נְתַנְאֵל֙) the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
• 1 Chronicles 15:24 — And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel (וּנְתַנְאֵ֡ל), and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
• 1 Chronicles 24:6 — And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel (נְתַנְאֵ֨ל) the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
• 1 Chronicles 26:4 — Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel (וּנְתַנְאֵ֖ל) the fifth,
• 2 Chronicles 17:7 — Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel (וְלִנְתַנְאֵ֖ל), and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.
• 2 Chronicles 35:9 — Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel (וּנְתַנְאֵ֜ל), his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.
• Ezra 10:22 — And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel (נְתַנְאֵ֔ל), Jozabad, and Elasah.
• Nehemiah 12:21 — Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel (נְתַנְאֵֽל).
• Nehemiah 12:36 — And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel (נְתַנְאֵ֤ל), and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.