Reuel

Reuel or Raguel (Hebrew: רְעוּאֵל‬, Modern Re'u'el, Tiberian Rəʻûʼēl, "Friend of El") meaning "friend of God" or "one who is intimate with God",^[1] is a Hebrew name associated with several Biblical and/or religious figures.

Biblical figures

Biblical persons with this name are:

• Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, also called "Reuel" (Exodus 2:18; Numbers 10:29).
• A son of Esau. Father of Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah(Genesis 36:4,10; 1 Chronicles 1:35)
• A Gadite (Numbers 2:14), called also Deuel (Hebrew: דְּעוּאֵל‬, Modern Dəʻuʼel, Tiberian Dəʻûʼēl) (Numbers 1:14; 7:42); the father of the Gadite prince Eliasaph.
• A Benjamite. (1 Chronicles 9:7-8)
• Father-in-law of Tobias (Tobit 7:1-15)

Other people

First name:

• Reuel Abraham (born 1924), Nazi Luftwaffe pilot and Jewish convert
• Reuel Denney (1913–95), American poet and academic
• Reuel Marc Gerecht, American writer and political analyst focused on the Middle East
• Reuel Colt Gridley (1829-70), American storekeeper and Civil War fundraiser
• Reuel Anson Lochore (1903–91), New Zealand public servant and scholar
• Reuel Meditz, classical pianist
• Reuel Williams (1783–1862), U.S. Senator from Maine

Middle name:

• Jairus Reuel Aquino (born 1999), Filipino actor
• John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973), English writer
• Christopher John Reuel Tolkien (born 1924), son and literary executor of J. R. R. Tolkien
• Simon Mario Reuel Tolkien (born 1959), writer and grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien

Landmark houses

• Capt. Reuel and Lucy Merrill House, Cumberland Center, Maine
• Reuel E. Smith House, Skaneateles, New York

Other

• Raguel (angel) - one of the seven archangels in the rabbinic tradition and the Kabbalah

See also

• St Regulus

References