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Das Urteil Salomonis (Judgment of Solomon)Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop · c. 1537-1550

Giddel

גִּדֵּל/GID-el/

“Very great or stout”

Summary

The name of two men whose descendants returned from Babylonian captivity with Zerubbabel.

☩Giddel of the Nethinim

One Giddel was ancestor of a family among the Nethinim, the temple servants who assisted the Levites. His descendants returned from Babylon and resumed service at the restored temple.

Key verses:Ezra 2:47Nehemiah 7:49

☩Giddel of Solomon's Servants

Another Giddel was ancestor of a family among 'Solomon's servants,' likely descendants of the Canaanite peoples whom Solomon enslaved for service. These also returned from exile with Zerubbabel.

Key verses:Ezra 2:56Nehemiah 7:58

Related Verses4 mentions

Ezra· 2 verses

2:472:56

Nehemiah· 2 verses

7:497:58

References

  1. 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Giddel," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. III (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
  2. 2.George Morrish, "Giddel," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
  3. 3.James Orr (ed.), "Giddel," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. II (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).