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Reuel or Raguel (Hebrew: רְעוּאֵל,  Re'u'el,  Rəʻûʼēl; "Friend of El") meaning "friend of God" or "one who is intimate with God", is a Hebrew name associated with several Biblical and/or religious figures.

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Biblical figures

Biblical persons with this name are:

  • Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, also called "Reuel" (Exodus 2:18; Numbers 10:29).
  • A son of Esau. Father of Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah(Genesis 36:4,10; 1 Chronicles 1:35)
  • A Gadite (Numbers 2:14), called also Deuel (Hebrew: דְּעוּאֵל, Modern Dəʻuʼel, Tiberian Dəʻûʼēl) (Numbers 1:14; 7:42); the father of the Gadite prince Eliasaph.
  • A Benjamite. (1 Chronicles 9:7-8)
  • Father-in-law of Tobias (Tobit 7:1-15)

    • Other people

    First name:

  • Reuel Abraham (born 1924) Nazi Luftwaffe pilot and Jewish convert
  • Reuel Denney (1913– 95) American poet and academic
  • Reuel Marc Gerecht, American writer and political analyst focused on the Middle East.
  • Reuel Colt Gridley (1829-70) American storekeeper and Civil War fundraiser
  • Reuel Anson Lochore (1903–91) New Zealand public servant and scholar
  • Reuel Meditz, classical pianist.
  • Reuel Williams (1783–1862) U.S. Senator from Maine

    • Middle name:

  • Jairus Reuel Aquino (born 1999), Filipino actor
  • John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973), English writer
  • Christopher John Reuel Tolkien, son and litereary executor of J. R. R. Tolkien

    • Landmark houses

  • Capt. Reuel and Lucy Merrill House, Cumberland Center, Maine
  • Reuel E. Smith House, Skaneateles, New York

    • Other

  • Raguel (angel) - one of the seven archangels in the rabbinic tradition and the Kabbalah

    • References

    Reuel Wikipedia
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