Zuriel

Zuriel [N] [H] [S]

rock of God, chief of the family of the Merarites ( Numbers 3:35 ) at the time of the Exodus.

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M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
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Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Zuriel". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .
Zuriel [N] [E] [S]

rock or strength of God
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names. Public Domain. Copy freely.

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
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Bibliography Information

Hitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Zuriel'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names". . New York, N.Y., 1869.

ZURIEL

zu'-ri-el (tsuri'-el, "my rock is El (God)"):

Prince of the house of Merari (Numbers 3:35).

The word tsur, "rock," occurs also in the compound names Elizur (Numbers 1:5), Zurishaddai (Numbers 1:6, etc.) and Pedahzur (Numbers 1:10). Gray, Numbers 6, says that a Sabean name Suri'addana is found in an inscription said to be of the 8th century BC, or somewhat carrier (Hommel, Ancient Hebrew Tradition, 320), and bartsur, in a Zinjirli inscription of the 8th century BC (Panammu Inscr., 1. 1), and that possibly the Old Testament place-name "Beth-zur" should be added (Joshua 15:58; 1 Chronicles 2:45; 2 Chronicles 11:7; Nehemiah 3:16).

David Francis Roberts


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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ZURIEL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.