Hebrew word · H5741

עַדְרִיאֵל

le'adri'el

Adriel

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.18.19;

son of: Barzillai (H1271H); married to Merab (H4764)

§ Adriel = "flock of God"

son of Barzillai, and the man to whom Saul gave his daughter Merab in marriage although she was already promised to 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 Samuel · 1

  1. 1 Samuel 18:19 לְעַדְרִיאֵ֥ל to Adriel

    So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.

2 Samuel · 1

  1. 2 Samuel 21:8 לְעַדְרִיאֵ֥ל to Adriel

    But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.

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