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Adiel meaning

Adiel in Biblical Hebrew
עדיאל
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🔼The name Adiel: Summary

Meaning
Ornament Of God, An Ornament Is El
Etymology
From (1) the noun עדי ('adi), ornamentation, and (2) the word אל ('el), God.
Related names
• Via עדי ('adi): Adadah, Adah, Adaiah, Addi, Adithaim, Elead, Eleadah, Galeed, Gilead, Iddo, Irad, Jehoaddah, Maadai, Moadiah, Noadiah, Oded
• Via אל ('el): See the 'browse by form' menu for a long list of 'el-names.

🔼The name Adiel in the Bible

There are three men named Adiel in the Bible; all in the book of First Chronicles:

  • A family head of the tribe of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:36).
  • The father of Maasai who's mentioned among the returning kohanim (1 Chronicles 9:12).
  • The father of Azmaveth, who held charge of king David's storehouses (1 Chronicles 27:25).

🔼Etymology of the name Adiel

The name Adiel consists of two elements. The final part is אל (El), the common abbreviation of Elohim:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
אל  אלה

In names אל ('el) usually refers to אלהים ('elohim), that is Elohim, or God, also known as אלה ('eloah). In English, the words 'God' and 'god' exclusively refer to the deity but in Hebrew the words אל ('l) and אלה ('lh) are far more common and may express approach and negation, acts of wailing and pointing, and may even mean oak or terebinth.

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The first part of the name Adiel comes from the word group עדה:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
עדד

Root עדד ('adad) describes a repeated passing by or over, or a repeated encountering. Noun עדה ('idda) describes any well-worn item.

Verb עדה ('ada I) means to advance or pass on. Nouns עד ('ad) and ועד (w'ad) describe the difficult concept of a future era advancing upon the now, or else the prey or booty upon which a predator advances. The conjunction עד ('ad) or עדי ('ady) means "as far as" or until.

The same verb, namely עדה ('ada II) is used to mean to adorn or ornament oneself — that is: to have items approach the canvas of one's bulk in order to testify of some social rank or perhaps the trade or order one belongs to. Noun עדי ('adi) means ornamentation: fancy or declarative things worn on one's body or clothes.

Verb יעד (ya'ad) means to meet, habitually and repeatedly rather than incidentally. Noun עדה ('eda) means congregation or some other joint collective. Nouns מועד (mo'ed), מועד (mo'ad) and מועדה (mu'ada) describe a place (or time) of meeting.

Verb עוד ('ud) means to return and repeat. Noun עוד ('od) denotes an addition, repetition or continuance. Nouns עד ('ed), עדה ('eda), עדה ('eda), עדת ('edut), עדות ('edut) and תעודה (te'uda) all mean witness or testimony in various nuances, and verb עוד ('ud) means to bear witness.

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🔼Adiel meaning

For a meaning of the name Adiel, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads Ornament Of God. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names also has Ornament Of God, and BDB Theological Dictionary says An Ornament Is El.