Template:Redirect Reuel or Raguel (Template:Langx; Template:Langx Template:Smallcaps<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>), meaning "God shall pasture" or more specifically "El shall pasture" (as a shepherd does with his flock)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is a Hebrew name associated with several biblical and religious figures.
Biblical figuresEdit
Biblical persons with this name are:
- Moses' father-in-law, also named as Jethro<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and Hobab<ref name="Harris2010">Template:Cite book</ref> (Template:Bibleverse-lb, Template:Bibleverse-lb; Template:Bibleverse-lb).
- A son of Esau, father of Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah (Template:Bibleverse-lb; Template:Bibleverse-lb)
- A Gadite (Template:Bibleverse), called also Deuel (Template:Hebrew Name) (Template:Bibleverse; Template:Bibleverse-nb); the father of the Gadite prince Eliasaph
- A Benjamite (Template:Bibleverse)
- Father-in-law of Tobias (Template:Bibleverse-lb)
Other peopleEdit
First nameEdit
- Reuel Abraham (born 1924), Nazi Luftwaffe pilot and Jewish convert
- Reuel Denney (1913–1995), American poet and academic
- Reuel Marc Gerecht, American writer and political analyst
- Reuel Colt Gridley (1829–1870), American storekeeper and Civil War fundraiser
- Reuel Lochore (1903–1991), New Zealand public servant and scholar
- Reuel Emanuel "Raz" Mesinai (born 1973), American record producer and composer
- Reuel Williams (1783–1862), American politician from Maine
Middle nameEdit
- Jairus Aquino (born 1999), Filipino actor
- James Reuel Smith (1852–1935), American photographer and amateur historian.
- John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973), English writer
- Christopher Tolkien (1924–2020), son and literary executor of J. R. R. Tolkien
- Simon Tolkien (born 1959), writer and grandson of J. R. R. Tolkien
PatronymicEdit
- Template:Ill (1st century), 'of royal lineage', executed during the Jewish Revolt by John, son of Dorcas<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Landmark housesEdit
- Capt. Reuel and Lucy Merrill House, Cumberland Center, Maine
- Reuel E. Smith House, Skaneateles, New York
OtherEdit
- Raguel (angel) – one of the seven archangels in the rabbinic tradition and the Kabbalah