Hiel
חִיאֵלStrong’s H2419chiel (chi-el)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Chiel is the Hebrew word usually translated “hiel”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.16.34
How it's translated
- hiel 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
חִיאֵל chiel · Hiel
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.16.34; father of: Abiram (H0048H), Segub (H7687) § Hiel = "God lives" a native of Bethel who rebuilt Jericho in the reign of Ahab and in whom was fulfilled the curse pronounced by Joshua
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.