4232. Mechuyael or Mechiyyayel
Strong's Lexicon
Mechuyael or Mechiyyayel: Mehujael

Original Word: מְחוּיָאֵל
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Mchuwya'el
Pronunciation: mekh-oo-yah-ale'
Phonetic Spelling: (mekh-oo-yaw-ale')
Definition: Mehujael
Meaning: Mechujael, Mechijael

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root חיה (chayah), meaning "to live," and אל (El), meaning "God."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct Greek equivalents for Mehujael, as it is a unique Hebrew name found in the Old Testament genealogies.

Usage: The name Mehujael can be interpreted as "smitten by God" or "God gives life." It is a personal name found in the genealogies of the early chapters of Genesis.

Cultural and Historical Background: Mehujael is a descendant of Cain, the firstborn son of Adam and Eve, who is known for committing the first murder by killing his brother Abel. The genealogies in Genesis 4 provide a lineage of Cain's descendants, highlighting the development of human civilization and culture outside of the line of Seth, Adam's other son. The name Mehujael reflects the ancient Hebrew practice of theophoric naming, where names often included references to God, indicating a cultural acknowledgment of divine influence or presence.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from machah and el
Definition
"smitten of God," great-grandson of Cain
NASB Translation
Mehujael (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
מְחוּיָאֵל proper name, masculine great-grandson of Cain Genesis 4:18a = מְחִיָּיאֵ֯ל Genesis 4:18b (J; A ᵐ5L in both Μαιηλ, E Μαουιηλ; compare further LagOr. ii, 35 BN 96 (Μαιουιαηλ) BuUrgesch.125). — (etymology dubious; ThesAdd. 97 perhaps smitten of Elמחה; BuUrgesch. 128 KerberEigennam, d. AT. 91 מְחַיִּיאֵל, or מַחְיִיאֵל El maketh alive; DHMMV 10 thinks of proper name, of divinity יאל, — compare Phoenician proper name יאלפעל, and CISi. 132, 4; especially p. 163 b, = god יאל giveth life (against this GrayProp. N. 164)).

מַחֲוִים see below II. חוה. I. מָחוֺל see חול.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Mehujael

Or Mchiyyauel {mekh-ee-yaw-ale'}; from machah and 'el; smitten of God; Mechujael or Mechijael, an anxediluvian patriarch -- Mehujael.

see HEBREW machah

see HEBREW 'el

Forms and Transliterations
וּמְחִיּיָאֵ֗ל ומחייאל מְחֽוּיָאֵ֑ל מחויאל mə·ḥū·yā·’êl mechuyaEl məḥūyā’êl ū·mə·ḥî·y·yā·’êl umechiyyaEl ūməḥîyyā’êl
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Englishman's Concordance
Genesis 4:18
HEB: יָלַ֖ד אֶת־ מְחֽוּיָאֵ֑ל וּמְחִיּיָאֵ֗ל יָלַד֙
NAS: the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael
KJV: begat Mehujael: and Mehujael
INT: and Irad became of Mehujael and Mehujael the father

Genesis 4:18
HEB: אֶת־ מְחֽוּיָאֵ֑ל וּמְחִיּיָאֵ֗ל יָלַד֙ אֶת־
NAS: of Mehujael, and Mehujael became the father
KJV: Mehujael: and Mehujael begat
INT: became of Mehujael and Mehujael the father of Methushael

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4232
2 Occurrences


mə·ḥū·yā·’êl — 1 Occ.
ū·mə·ḥî·y·yā·’êl — 1 Occ.















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