McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Nemuel

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Nemuel


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[according to analogy Nem'uel] (Heb. Nenzuel', ðְîåּàֵì , spread of God, or perhaps for Jemuel; Sept. Íáìïõήë ; Vulg. Namuel), the name of two Hebrews.

1. The first named of the five sons of Simeon (1Ch_4:24), and progenitor of the Nemuelites (Num_26:12). He is elsewhere (Gen_46:10) called JEMUEL SEE JEMUEL (q.v.).

2. First-named son of Eliab, of the tribe of Reuben, and brother of Dathan and Abiram (Num_26:9). B.C. cir. 1619.