Reuel or Raguel (Hebrew: רְעוּאֵל, Modern: Rəʿūʾel, Tiberian: Rŭʿūʾēl;[1] Edomite: 𐤓𐤏𐤀𐤋,[2] RʿʾL), meaning "God shall pasture" or more specifically "El shall pasture" (as a shepherd does with his flock)[3][4] is a Hebrew name associated with several biblical and religious figures. Reuell - "friend of God"

Biblical figures

Biblical persons with this name are:

Other people

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  • Sophas, son of Raguel (1st century), 'of royal lineage', executed during the Jewish Revolt by John, son of Dorcas[8][9]

Landmark houses

Other

See also

References

  1. Khan, Geoffrey (2020). The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, Volume 1. Open Book Publishers. ISBN 978-1783746767.
  2. Ahituv, Shmuel (2008). Echoes from the Past: Hebrew and Cognate Inscriptions from the Biblical Period. Carta. p. 355-6. ISBN 9789652207081.
  3. "Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 7462. rā'ū".
  4. "Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 410. el".
  5. Meyers, Carol (1 March 2018). Coogan, Michael D.; Brettler, Marc Z.; Newsom, Carol A.; Perkins, Pheme (eds.). The New Oxford Annotated Bible: New Revised Standard Version (Fifth ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 81–83. ISBN 978-0-19-027605-8. Like the rest of the Pentateuch, Exodus contains contradictions and redundancies. For example, Moses' father-in-law is sometimes called Reuel and sometimes Jethro; and the mountain of revelation is Sinai in some passages and Horeb in others.
  6. Harris, Stephen (20 January 2010). Understanding The Bible (8 ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-07-340744-9. J names Moses' father-in-law as Reuel or Hobab, whereas E knows him as Jethro, priest of Midian.
  7. "Judges 4 / Hebrew – English Bible / Mechon-Mamre".
  8. Josephus, Jewish War, Ch 3, v 4
  9. Susie Helme, The Lost Wisdom of the Magi, (The Conrad Press, 2020), p. 260.
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