Bible Person
Meaning: declaring God; chosen fruit of God · Male · 2 cross references
Magdiel is an Edomite chief-name preserved in the closing lists of Esau's descendants. He belongs to the structured remembrance of Edom's leadership lines. First appears in Gen 36:43.1
AI summary: Magdiel matters because the cross references place the name among the chiefs of Edom, showing that the biblical record preserves ordered political memory for neighboring peoples as well as for Israel. Though brief, the entry contributes to the wider regional context in which Israel's story unfolds. Taken together, the material presents Magdiel as part of Edom's remembered ruling structure.1
Central Figure
Magdiel
Meaning: declaring God; chosen fruit of God
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.