Bible Names

Hillel: meaning of the name

Hillel means “he that praises.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Hillel in Hebrew and Greek

הִלֵּל H1985

Hillêl (hil-layl') — Hillel, an Israelite

from H1984 (הָלַל); praising (namely God);

Who named Hillel in the Bible

Hillel in Scripture

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

  • Judges 12:13

    And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.

  • Judges 12:15

    And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.