עׇתְנִיאֵל Otniel
Often spelled Othniel in English. Every verse in which this name stands — 7 places, 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.
Kalev's younger brother, who took Kiryat-Sefer and received Kalev's daughter Achsah in marriage as the prize (Joshua 15; Judges 1). He later became Israel's first judge, delivering them from Cushan-Rishatayim of Aram (Judges 3).
וַֽיִּלְכְּדָהּ עָתְנִיאֵל בֶּן־קְנַז אֲחִי כָלֵב וַיִּתֶּן־לוֹ אֶת־עַכְסָה בִתּוֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. .
וַֽיִּלְכְּדָהּ עָתְנִיאֵל בֶּן־קְנַז אֲחִי כָלֵב הַקָּטֹן מִמֶּנּוּ וַיִּתֶּן־לוֹ אֶת־עַכְסָה בִתּוֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
וַיִּזְעֲקוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־יְהוָה וַיָּקֶם יְהוָה מוֹשִׁיעַ לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיּֽוֹשִׁיעֵם אֵת עָתְנִיאֵל בֶּן־קְנַז אֲחִי כָלֵב הַקָּטֹן מִמֶּֽנּוּ
And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a saviour to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
וַתִּשְׁקֹט הָאָרֶץ אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה וַיָּמָת עָתְנִיאֵל בֶּן־קְנַֽז
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
וּבְנֵי קְנַז עָתְנִיאֵל וּשְׂרָיָה וּבְנֵי עָתְנִיאֵל חֲתַֽת
And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath.
וּבְנֵי קְנַז עָתְנִיאֵל וּשְׂרָיָה וּבְנֵי עָתְנִיאֵל חֲתַֽת
And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath.
הַשְּׁנֵים עָשָׂר לִשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר הַחֹדֶשׁ חֶלְדַּי הַנְּטוֹפָתִי לְעָתְנִיאֵל וְעַל מַחֲלֻקְתּוֹ עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה אָֽלֶף
The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel; and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of Otniel?
Otniel (Othniel) — עתניאל in Hebrew — has a gematria of 561 in the standard method.
How many times is Otniel named in the Tanakh?
7 times, first at Joshua 15:17.
A spelling is not a name. The written word עתניאל stands 6 times 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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