Bible Names

Reuel: meaning of the name

Reuel means “the shepherd or friend of God.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Reuel in Hebrew and Greek

רְעוּאֵל H7467

Rᵉʻûwʼêl (reh-oo-ale') — Reuel, the name of Moses' father-in-law, also of an Edomite and an Israelite

from the same as H7466 (רְעוּ) and H410 (אֵל); friend of God;

People named Reuel in the Bible

Reuel in Scripture

“Reuel” appears in 9 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 36:4

    And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;

  • Genesis 36:10

    These are the names of Esau’s sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.

  • Genesis 36:13

    And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.

  • Genesis 36:17

    And these are the sons of Reuel Esau’s son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.

  • Exodus 2:18

    And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?

  • Numbers 2:14

    Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:35

    The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:37

    The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.