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Mechuyael or Mechiyyayel <a href="../hebrew/4233.htm" title="4233">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Mechuyael or Mechiyyayel: Mehujael</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">מְחוּיָאֵל</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Name Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Mchuwya'el<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>mekh-oo-yah-ale'<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(mekh-oo-yaw-ale')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Mehujael<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Mechujael, Mechijael<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Hebrew root חיה (chayah), meaning "to live," and אל (El), meaning "God."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>There are no direct Greek equivalents for Mehujael, as it is a unique Hebrew name found in the Old Testament genealogies.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The name Mehujael can be interpreted as "smitten by God" or "God gives life." It is a personal name found in the genealogies of the early chapters of Genesis.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>Mehujael is a descendant of Cain, the firstborn son of Adam and Eve, who is known for committing the first murder by killing his brother Abel. The genealogies in Genesis 4 provide a lineage of Cain's descendants, highlighting the development of human civilization and culture outside of the line of Seth, Adam's other son. The name Mehujael reflects the ancient Hebrew practice of theophoric naming, where names often included references to God, indicating a cultural acknowledgment of divine influence or presence.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/4229b.htm">machah</a> and <a href="/hebrew/410.htm">el</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>"smitten of God," great-grandson of Cain<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Mehujael (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">מְחוּיָאֵל</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>proper name, masculine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>great-grandson of Cain</b></font> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/4-18.htm">Genesis 4:18</a>a = <font class="hebrew2">מְחִיָּיאֵ֯ל</font> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/4-18.htm">Genesis 4:18</a>b (J; A <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font><sup>L</sup> in both <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Μαιηλ</font>, E <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Μαουιηλ</font>; compare further Lag<sup>Or. ii, 35 BN 96</sup> (<font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Μαιουιαηλ</font>) Bu<sup>Urgesch.125</sup>). — (etymology dubious; Thes<sup>Add. 97 perhaps</sup> <em>smitten of El</em> √ <font class="hebrew2">מחה</font>; Bu<sup>Urgesch. 128</sup> Kerber<sup>Eigennam, d. AT. 91</sup> <font class="hebrew2">מְחַיִּיאֵל</font>, or <font class="hebrew2">מַחְיִיאֵל</font> <em>El maketh alive</em>; DHM<sup>MV 10</sup> thinks of proper name, of divinity <font class="hebrew2">יאל</font>, — compare Phoenician proper name <font class="hebrew2">יאלפעל</font>, and CIS<sup>i. 132, 4</sup>; especially p. 163 b, = <em>god</em> <font class="hebrew2">יאל</font> <em>giveth life</em> (against this Gray<sup>Prop. N. 164</sup>)). <p><font class="hebrew2">מַחֲוִים</font> see below II. <font class="hebrew2">חוה</font>. I. <font class="hebrew2">מָחוֺל</font> see <font class="hebrew2">חול</font>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Mehujael <p>Or Mchiyyauel {mekh-ee-yaw-ale'}; from <a href="/hebrew/4229.htm">machah</a> and <a href="/hebrew/410.htm">'el</a>; smitten of God; Mechujael or Mechijael, an anxediluvian patriarch -- Mehujael. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/4229.htm">machah</a> <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/410.htm">'el</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וּמְחִיּיָאֵ֗ל ומחייאל מְחֽוּיָאֵ֑ל מחויאל mə·ḥū·yā·’êl mechuyaEl məḥūyā’êl ū·mə·ḥî·y·yā·’êl umechiyyaEl ūməḥîyyā’êl<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/genesis/4-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 4:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יָלַ֖ד אֶת־ <b> מְחֽוּיָאֵ֑ל </b> וּמְחִיּיָאֵ֗ל יָלַד֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the father <span class="itali">of Mehujael,</span> and Mehujael<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> begat <span class="itali">Mehujael:</span> and Mehujael<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/4-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and Irad became <span class="itali">of Mehujael</span> and Mehujael the father<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/4-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 4:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֶת־ מְחֽוּיָאֵ֑ל <b> וּמְחִיּיָאֵ֗ל </b> יָלַד֙ אֶת־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of Mehujael, <span class="itali">and Mehujael</span> became the father<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Mehujael: <span class="itali">and Mehujael</span> begat<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/4-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> became of Mehujael <span class="itali">and Mehujael</span> the father of Methushael<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4232.htm">2 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4232.htm">Strong's Hebrew 4232<br>2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/mechuyael_4232.htm">mə·ḥū·yā·’êl — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/umechiyyael_4232.htm">ū·mə·ḥî·y·yā·’êl — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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