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Reuel or Raguel (Hebrew: רְעוּאֵל, Modern: Re'u'el, Tiberian: Rəʻûʼēl, Ancient Rəġʻūʼēl; "Friend of El"), meaning "friend of God" or "one who is intimate with God",^[1] is a Hebrew name associated with several biblical and/or religious figures.

Biblical figures

Biblical persons with this name are:

Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, also called "Reuel" (Exodus 2:18; Numbers 10:29).
A son of Esau. Father of Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah (Genesis 36:4,10; 1 Chronicles 1:35)
A Gadite (Numbers 2:14), called also Deuel (Hebrew: דְּעוּאֵל, Modern: Dəʻuʼel, Tiberian: Dəʻûʼēl) (Numbers 1:14; 7:42); the father of the Gadite prince Eliasaph.
A Benjamite. (1 Chronicles 9:7–8)
Father-in-law of Tobias (Tobit 7:1–15)

Other people

First name:

Reuel Abraham (born 1924), Nazi Luftwaffe pilot and Jewish convert
Reuel Denney (1913–95), American poet and academic
Reuel Marc Gerecht, American writer and political analyst focused on the Middle East
Reuel Colt Gridley (1829-70), American storekeeper and Civil War fundraiser
Reuel Anson Lochore (1903–91), New Zealand public servant and scholar
Reuel Meditz, classical pianist
Reuel Williams (1783–1862), U.S. Senator from Maine

Middle name:

Jairus Reuel Aquino (born 1999), Filipino actor
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973), English writer
Christopher John Reuel Tolkien (1924-2020), son and literary executor of J. R. R. Tolkien
Simon Mario Reuel Tolkien (born 1959), writer and grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien

Landmark houses

Capt. Reuel and Lucy Merrill House, Cumberland Center, Maine
Reuel E. Smith House, Skaneateles, New York

Other

Raguel (angel) - one of the seven archangels in the rabbinic tradition and the Kabbalah

References

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	'''Reuel''' or '''Raguel''' ({{Hebrew Name\|רְעוּאֵל\|Re'u'el\|Rəʻûʼēl,}} <small>[[Proto-Semitic\|Ancient]]</small> ''Rəġʻūʼēl''; "Friend of [[El (god)\|El]]"), meaning "friend of God" or "one who is intimate with God",<ref>http://www.behindthename.com/name/reuel</ref> is a Hebrew name associated with several biblical and/or religious figures.		'''Reuel''' or '''Raguel''' ({{Hebrew Name\|רְעוּאֵל\|Re'u'el\|Rəʻûʼēl,}} <small>[[Proto-Semitic\|Ancient]]</small> ''Rəġʻūʼēl''; "Friend of [[El (god)\|El]]"), meaning "friend of God" or "one who is intimate with God",<ref>http://www.behindthename.com/name/reuel</ref> is a Hebrew name associated with several biblical and/or religious figures.