# H3171 יְחִיאֵל

יְחִיאֵל (Yᵉchîyʼêl), Strong’s H3171: Jechiel (or Jechavel), the name of eight Israelites KJV: Jehiel.. Occurs 14 times.

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*Yᵉchîyʼêl* — Jechiel (or Jechavel), the name of eight Israelites

KJV: Jehiel.

Built from [חָיָה châyâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H2421) (to live, whether literally or figuratively) + [אֵל ʼêl](https://besorah.bible/word/H410) (strength) — means “God will live”

Occurs 14 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- יְחִיאֵל n.pr.m. (may Ēl live)
- 1 one of David’s chief musicians
- 2 one of David’s chiefs of the Levites
- 3 tutor of David’s sons
- 4 son of Jehoshaphat
- 5 Hemanite of Hezekiah’s reign
- 6 overseer in Hezekiah’s reign
- 7 ruler over the temple in Josiah’s reign
- 8 contemporaries of Ezra

## Where it occurs
- [Ezra 8:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/8?v=9) — Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred eighteen males.
- [Ezra 10:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/10?v=2) — Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, “We have trespassed against our God, and have…
- [Ezra 10:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/10?v=21) — Of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.
- [Ezra 10:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/10?v=26) — Of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
- [1 Chronicles 15:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/15?v=18) — and with them their brothers of the second rank: Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah…
- [1 Chronicles 15:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/15?v=20) — and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with stringed instruments set to Alamoth;
- [1 Chronicles 16:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/16?v=5) — Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom…
- [1 Chronicles 23:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/23?v=8) — The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, Zetham, and Joel, three.
- [1 Chronicles 27:32](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/27?v=32) — Also Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, a man of understanding, and a scribe. Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was…
- [1 Chronicles 29:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/29?v=8) — People with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the LORD’s house, under the hand of Jehiel the…