Hebrew word · H3081

יְהוּכַל

yehukhal

Jehucal

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.37.3;

son of: Shelemiah (H8018M); also called Jucal (NIV: Jehukal) at Jer.38.1;

Also named: yu.khal (יוּכַל "Jucal" H3116)

§ Jehucal = "Jehovah is able"

a son of Shelemiah and a servant of king Zedekiah whom he sent to Jeremiah to entreat his prayers and advice

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Jeremiah · 1

  1. Jeremiah 37:3 יְהוּכַ֣ל Jehucal

    Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”

    Here: 'Yahweh is able' or 'Yahweh prevails'. He is a royal official, and in 38:1–4 (as 'Jucal') he is among the men who demand Jeremiah's death.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.