Bible Names

Barachel: meaning of the name

Barachel means “that bows before God.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Barachel in Hebrew and Greek

בָּרַכְאֵל H1292

Bârakʼêl (baw-rak-ale') — Barakel, the father of one of Job's friends

from H1288 (בָרַךְ) and H410 (אֵל), God has blessed;

Who named Barachel in the Bible

Barachel in Scripture

“Barachel” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • Job 32:2

    Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

  • Job 32:6

    And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.