Hebrew word · H5717

עֲדִיאֵל

'adi'el

Adiel

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Simeon(?) living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.36

§ Adiel = "ornament of God"

1) a prince of the Simeon of the family of Shimei in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah

2) a priest, ancestor of Maasiai

3) ancestor of Azmaveth, the treasurer of David

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

1 Chronicles · 3

  1. 1 Chronicles 4:36 וַעֲדִיאֵ֛ל and Adiel

    Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,

  2. 1 Chronicles 9:12 עֲדִיאֵ֧ל Adiel

    Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah; Maasai son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;

    Here: Probably 'God is (my) ornament'. Nehemiah has Azarel here. In Hebrew script the two names differ by only a few letters.

  3. 1 Chronicles 27:25 עֲדִיאֵ֑ל ס Adiel

    Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the royal storehouses. Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the storehouses in the country, in the cities, in the villages, and in the fortresses.

    Here: The father's name, probably 'ornament of God'. The scribal paragraph mark (ס) after it closes the first entry.

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