Bible Person

Adiel

Meaning: the witness of the Lord · Male · 1 cross reference

This Adiel entry refers to a Simeonite family head in Chronicles, not to the royal-official family source of the same name. He belongs to the tribal leadership material preserved for Simeon. First appears in 1 Chr 4:36.1

AI summary: This Adiel matters because his single cross reference places him among the named family heads of Simeon, where leadership and genealogy are preserved together. The entry helps give concrete shape to the tribe's internal organization. Taken together, the material presents this Adiel as a Simeonite chief figure in the preserved tribal record.1

Central Figure

Adiel

Meaning: the witness of the Lord

A family head of the tribe of Simeon (1 Chr.