Reuel (name)

Reuel or Raguel (Hebrew: רְעוּאֵל, Modern Re'u'el Tiberian 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: דְּעוּאֵל, Modern Dəʻuʼel Tiberian Dəʻûʼēl) (1:14; 7:42); the father of the Gadite prince Eliasaph.

• A Benjamite. (I Chronicles 9:3.7,8)

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

People

• John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
• Christopher Reuel Tolkien
• Rabbi R. Reuel Karpov, Ph.D.

Other

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

See also

• St Regulus