Reuel
Reuel or Raguel (Hebrew: רְעוּאֵל, Modern Re'u'el, Tiberian 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.
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
