Othniel
עׇתְנִיאֵלStrong’s H6274otniel (ot-ni-el)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Otniel is the Hebrew word usually translated “othniel”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.”
Meaning
- A Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jos.15.17
How it's translated
- othniel 6
- of othniel 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 3
- 1 Chronicles 2
- Joshua 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 1:13And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
- Judges 3:9And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
- Judges 3:11And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
- 1 Chronicles 4:13And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.
- 1 Chronicles 27:15The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
Hebrew dictionary
עׇתְנִיאֵל otniel · Othniel
A Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jos.15.17; son of: Kenaz (H7073I); brother of: Seraiah (H8304J); married to Achsah (H5915); father of: Hathath (H2867) and Meonothai (H4587)(?) § Othniel = "lion of God" son of Kenaz, younger brother of Caleb, and husband of Achsah the daughter of Caleb and his own niece; first judge of Israel, who after the death of Joshua, delivered the Israelites from the oppression of Chushanrishathaim
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.