Uel
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UEL (PERSON) [Heb ˒û˒ēl (אוּאֵל)]. A descendant of Bani and one of the returned exiles whom Ezra required to divorce his foreign wife (Ezra 10:34). The parallel text of 1 Esdr 9:34 lists Joel here but the two names can be identified with each other. Uel was a member of a family from which a group of exiles returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:10; note that Binnui replaces Bani in Nehemiah’s list [7:15]). Noth suggests that Uel is a theophoric name containing the particle ˒ēl (IPN, 90). For further discussion, see BEDEIAH.
Jeffrey A. Fager
Freedman, D. N. (1996, c1992). The Anchor Bible Dictionary (6:694). New York: Doubleday.
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UEL Bani’s descendant and a priest who was encouraged by Ezra to divorce his foreign wife during the postexilic era (Ezr 10:34).
Elwell, W. A., & Comfort, P. W. (2001). Tyndale Bible dictionary. Tyndale reference library (1278). Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers.
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U´EL (ūʹel; “will of God”). One of the sons of Bani. He is mentioned in Ezra 10:34 as one of those who put away their Gentile wives after the captivity, 456 b.c.
Unger, M. F., Harrison, R. K., Vos, H. F., Barber, C. J., & Unger, M. F. (1988). The new Unger's Bible dictionary. Revision of: Unger's Bible dictionary. 3rd ed. c1966. (Rev. and updated ed.). Chicago: Moody Press.
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Uel (o̅o̅ʹel; Heb., ‘will of El [God]’), a postexilic member of the clan of Bani who took a foreign wife (Ezra 10:34).
Achtemeier, P. J., Harper & Row, P., & Society of Biblical Literature. (1985). Harper's Bible dictionary. Includes index. (1st ed.) (1104). San Francisco: Harper & Row.
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Uel (Heb. ˒ŝ˒ēl) (also JOEL)
A postexilic Israelite who had taken a foreign wife (Ezra 10:34). At 1 Esdr. 9:34 he is called Joel.
Freedman, D. N., Myers, A. C., & Beck, A. B. (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (1343). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.
