רְעוּאֵל
Rᵉʻûwʼêl · reh-oo-ale'
Reuel, the name of Moses' father-in-law, also of an Edomite and an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H7466 (רְעוּ) and H410 (אֵל); friend of God;
Reuel, the name of Moses' father-in-law, also of an Edomite and an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Raguel, Reuel.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to see and know › to fasten and establish › strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads
The head, the highest that works to see and know that works to fasten and establish of strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רְעוּאֵל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of reuel5 · 45%
- reuel3 · 27%
- that came of reuel1 · 9%
- to reuel1 · 9%
- of raguel1 · 9%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.