Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H6274: עׇתְנִיאֵל

ʻOthnîyʼêl · pronounced oth-nee-ale' · “Othniel”

Definition

Othniel, an Israelite

KJV translates it as: Othniel.

Word origin: from the same as H6273 (עׇתְנִי) and H410 (אֵל); force of God;

Extended definition

A Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jos.15.17;
son of: Kenaz (H7073I);
brother of: Seraiah (H8304J); married to Achsah (H5915);
father of: Hathath (H2867) and Meonothai (H4587)(?)
§ Othniel = "lion of God"
son of Kenaz, younger brother of Caleb, and husband of Achsah the daughter of Caleb and his own niece; first judge of Israel, who after the death of Joshua, delivered the Israelites from the oppression of Chushanrishathaim

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How H6274 is translated

  • othniel ×7

Bible verses with H6274 (ʻOthnîyʼêl)

ʻothnîyʼêl appears in 6 verses.

  • Joshua 15:17

    And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

  • Judges 1:13

    And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

  • Judges 3:9

    And when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.

  • Judges 3:11

    And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:13

    And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.

  • 1 Chronicles 27:15

    The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.