Reuel or Raguel (;

Edomite Edom (; Edomite: ; he, אֱדוֹם , lit.: "red"; Akkadian: , ; Ancient Egyptian: ) was an ancient kingdom in Transjordan, located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west, and the Arabian Desert to the south and east. ...

: 𐤓𐤏𐤀𐤋, ''RʿʾL''), meaning "God shall pasture" or more specifically " El shall pasture" (as a shepherd does with his flock) is a Hebrew name associated with several biblical and religious figures.

Biblical figures

Biblical persons with this name are: *

Moses Moses hbo, מֹשֶׁה, Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu ( Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, ); syr, ܡܘܫܐ, Mūše; ar, موسى, Mūsā; grc, Mωϋσῆς, Mōÿsēs () is considered the most important pr ...

' father-in-law, also named as Jethro and Hobab (

Exodus Exodus or the Exodus may refer to: Religion * Book of Exodus, second book of the Hebrew Torah and the Christian Bible * The Exodus, the biblical story of the migration of the ancient Israelites from Egypt into Canaan Historical events * E ...

; Numbers ). * A son of

Esau Esau ''Ēsaû''; la, Hesau, Esau; ar, عِيسَوْ ''‘Īsaw''; meaning "hairy"Easton, M. ''Illustrated Bible Dictionary'', (, , 2006, p. 236 or "rough".Mandel, D. ''The Ultimate Who's Who in the Bible'', (.), 2007, p. 175 is the elder son o ...

. Father of Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah (

Genesis Genesis may refer to: Bible * Book of Genesis, the first book of the biblical scriptures of both Judaism and Christianity, describing the creation of the Earth and of mankind * Genesis creation narrative, the first several chapters of the Book of ...

;

1 Chronicles The Book of Chronicles ( he, דִּבְרֵי־הַיָּמִים ) is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Chronicles) in the Christian Old Testament. Chronicles is the final book of the Hebrew Bible, concluding the third sect ...

) * A

Gadite According to the Bible, the Tribe of Gad () was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel who, after the Exodus from Egypt, settled on the eastern side of the Jordan River. It is one of the ten lost tribes.Tribe still originated from the original Hebre ...

( Numbers ), called also Deuel () (; ); the father of the Gadite prince Eliasaph. * A Benjamite. (

) * Father-in-law of

Tobias Tobias is the transliteration of the Greek which is a translation of the Hebrew biblical name he, טוֹבִיה, Toviyah, JahGod is good, label=none. With the biblical Book of Tobias being present in the Deuterocanon/Apocrypha of the Bible ...

( Tobit )

Other people

First name

Reuel Abraham Reuel Abraham (born 1924), born Karl Heinz Schneider, is a former Hitler Youth member and Luftwaffe pilot during World War II reported to be the first former Nazi to convert to Judaism. World War II In 1942 Schneider joined the Luftwaffe servi ...

(born 1924), Nazi Luftwaffe pilot and Jewish convert *

Reuel Denney Reuel Denney (April 13, 1913 in New York City – May 1, 1995 in Honolulu) was an American poet and academic. Life Denney grew up in Buffalo, New York. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1932. He taught at the University of Chicago. He was p ...

(1913–1995), American poet and academic * Reuel Marc Gerecht, American writer and political analyst focused on the Middle East * Reuel Colt Gridley (1829–1870), American storekeeper and Civil War fundraiser *

Reuel Lochore Reuel Anson Lochore (1903 – 1991) was a New Zealand public servant, diplomat, scholar, and philologist. Biography Lochore was the son of a Methodist minister and a teacher of the deaf. He studied English, French, Latin, philosophy and psycholog ...

(1903–1991), New Zealand public servant and scholar *

Reuel Williams Reuel Williams (June 2, 1783July 25, 1862) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Senator from Maine from 1837 to 1843. Early life and career Born in Hallowell, Maine to Seth Williams and Zilpha Ingraham, he attende ...

(1783–1862), U.S. Senator from Maine

Middle name

* Jairus Reuel Aquino (born 1999), Filipino actor * James Reuel Smith (1852–1935), American photographer and amateur historian. * John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973), English writer * Christopher John Reuel Tolkien (1924–2020), son and literary executor of J. R. R. Tolkien * Simon Mario Reuel Tolkien (born 1959), writer and grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien

Last name

* Sophas, son of Raguel (1st century), 'of royal lineage', executed during the Jewish Revolt by John, son of DorcasSusie Helme, The Lost Wisdom of the Magi, (The Conrad Press, 2020), p. 260.

Landmark houses

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

Other

Raguel (angel) Raguel (Greek: Ῥαγουὴλ '; Hebrew: רְעוּאֵל ''Rəʿūʾēl,'' Tiberian: ''Rŭʿūʾēl'') also known as Raguil, Raquel, Rakul and Reuel, is an angel mainly of the Judaic traditions. He is considered the Angel of Justice. His na ...

– one of the seven archangels in the rabbinic tradition and the

Kabbalah Kabbalah ( he, קַבָּלָה ''Qabbālā'', literally "reception, tradition") is an esoteric method, discipline and Jewish theology, school of thought in Jewish mysticism. A traditional Kabbalist is called a Mekubbal ( ''Məqūbbāl'' "rece ...

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