5241. Nemuel

Strong's Lexicon

Nemuel: Nemuel

Original Word: נְמוּאֵל
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Nemuel
Pronunciation: neh-moo-EL
Phonetic Spelling: (nem-oo-ale')
Definition: Nemuel
Meaning: Nemuel

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root נָמַע (nama), meaning "to be pleasant" or "to be sweet," combined with אֵל (El), meaning "God."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Numbers 26:9-10 (BSB): "The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, the community leaders who rebelled against Moses and Aaron and were among the followers of Korah when they rebelled against the LORD."

- 1 Chronicles 4:24 (BSB): "The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul."

10. Corresponding Strong's Greek Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for Nemuel in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a Hebrew proper name. However, names with similar meanings or divine connotations might be considered, such as Theophilus (Strong's Greek 2321), meaning "friend of God."

Usage: The name Nemuel means "God is pleasant" or "Day of God."

Cultural and Historical Background: The name is used as a personal name in the Hebrew Bible, signifying a connection to the divine and a reflection of God's pleasantness or favor.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
two Isr.
NASB Translation
Nemuel (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

נְמוּאֵל proper name, masculine (compare Gray^{Prop. N. 307}); —

1 son of Simeon Numbers 26:12; 1 Chronicles 4:24 (= יְמוּאֵל, q. v., Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15), ᵐ5 Ναμουηλ.

2 a Reubenite (brother of Dathan and Abiram) Numbers 26:9, ᵐ5 id.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Nemuel

Apparently for Ymuw'el; Nemuel, the name of two Israelites -- Nemuel.

see HEBREW Ymuw'el

Forms and Transliterations

לִנְמוּאֵ֗ל לנמואל נְמוּאֵ֖ל נְמוּאֵ֣ל נמואל lin·mū·’êl linmū’êl linmuEl nə·mū·’êl nəmū’êl nemuEl

Englishman's Concordance

Numbers 26:9
HEB: וּבְנֵ֣י אֱלִיאָ֔ב נְמוּאֵ֖ל וְדָתָ֣ן וַאֲבִירָ֑ם
NAS: of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan
KJV: of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan,
INT: the sons of Eliab Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram

Numbers 26:12
HEB: שִׁמְעוֹן֮ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒ לִנְמוּאֵ֗ל מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ הַנְּמ֣וּאֵלִ֔י
NAS: according to their families: of Nemuel, the family
KJV: after their families: of Nemuel, the family
INT: of Simeon to their families of Nemuel the family of the Nemuelites

1 Chronicles 4:24
HEB: בְּנֵ֖י שִׁמְע֑וֹן נְמוּאֵ֣ל וְיָמִ֔ין יָרִ֖יב
NAS: of Simeon [were] Nemuel and Jamin,
KJV: of Simeon [were], Nemuel, and Jamin,
INT: the sons of Simeon Nemuel and Jamin Jarib

3 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5241
3 Occurrences

lin·mū·’êl — 1 Occ.
nə·mū·’êl — 2 Occ.