Raguel (name)

Raguel (name)

Reuel or Raguel (Hebrew Name|רְעוּאֵל|Rəʻuʼel|Rəʻûʼēl|"Friend of El") is a Hebrew name associated with several Biblical and/or religious figures.

Biblical persons with this name are:

* Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, who "also" went by the name "Reuel" (Exodus 2:18; Numbers 10:29). It has been suggested that Reuel was his proper name, and "Jether" or "Jethro" was his official title (i.e., "excellency").

* A son of Esau. (Genesis 36:4,10; I Chronicles 1:35)

* A Gadite (Numbers 2:14), called also Deuel (Hebrew Name|דְּעוּאֵל|Dəʻuʼel|Dəʻûʼēl) (1:14; 7:42); the father of the Gadite prince Eliasaph.

* A Benjaminite. (I Chronicles 9:3.7,8)

* Father-in-law of Tobias (Tobit 7:1,15)

Also:

* Raguel (archangel) - Within the rabbinic tradition and the Kabbalah, one of the seven archangels.

ee also

*St Regulus


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