ʻAmmîyʼêl — H5988

Definition

masculine proper noun

Ammiel, the name of three or four Israelites

1. Ammiel = "my kinsman is God"
2. the spy from the tribe of Dan who perished in the plague for his evil report
3. father of Machir of Lo-debar
4. father of Bathsheba; also 'Eliam'
5. the 6th son of Obed-edom and doorkeeper of the temple

Usually translated as

Ammiel

Origin

from H5971 and H410; people of God

• Derived from ʻam (H5971)
• Derived from ʼêl (H410)

Occurrences

ʻAmmîyʼêl occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (1), 2 Samuel (3), 1 Chronicles (2)

• Numbers 13:12 — Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel (עַמִּיאֵ֖ל) the son of Gemalli.
• 2 Samuel 9:4 — And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel (עַמִּיאֵ֖ל), in Lo-debar.
• 2 Samuel 9:5 — Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel (עַמִּיאֵ֖ל), from Lo-debar.
• 2 Samuel 17:27 — And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel (עַמִּיאֵל֙) of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
• 1 Chronicles 3:5 — And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel (עַמִּיאֵֽל):
• 1 Chronicles 26:5 — Ammiel (עַמִּיאֵ֤ל) the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him.