Bible Person

Kadmiel

Meaning: God of antiquity; God of rising · Male · 8 cross references

Kadmiel is a Levite associated with the return from exile and with the worshiping, teaching, and covenant life of the restored community. He appears in the administrative and liturgical framework of Ezra-Nehemiah. First appears in Ezra 2:40.1

AI summary: Kadmiel matters because the cross references present him as one of the Levites helping turn restoration from a political fact into an ordered communal life before God. He appears among returnees, in temple-related work, and in assemblies of confession and praise. His role is not spectacular, but it is structurally important. Taken together, the material presents Kadmiel as a restoration-era Levite whose presence supports the teaching, worship, and covenant renewal of the returned people.1

Central Figure

Kadmiel

Meaning: God of antiquity; God of rising

Before God; i.e., his servant, one of the Levites who returned with Zerubbabel from the Captivity (Neh.