Every Name in Tanakh

חִיאֵל Hiel

Every verse in which this name stands — 1 place, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 49×1 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

An Israelite. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Kings 16:34.

1 Kings 16:34מלכים א טז:לד

בְּיָמָיו בָּנָה חִיאֵל בֵּית הָאֱלִי אֶת־יְרִיחֹה בַּאֲבִירָם בְּכֹרוֹ יִסְּדָהּ ובשגיב צְעִירוֹ הִצִּיב דְּלָתֶיהָ כִּדְבַר יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר בְּיַד יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נֽוּן

In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho; with Abiram his first-born he laid the foundation thereof, and with his youngest son Segub he set up the gates thereof; according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by the hand of Joshua the son of Nun.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Hiel?

Hiel — חיאל in Hebrew — has a gematria of 49 in the standard method.

How many times is Hiel named in the Tanakh?

1 time, first at 1 Kings 16:34.

A spelling is not a name. The written word חיאל stands 1 time in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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