Personal name meaning, friend of God. The father of Eliasaph (Num 1:14), the leader in the wilderness of the tribe of Gad. In (Num 2:14) Eliasaph’s father is identified as Reuel. Deuel and Reuel may be alternative forms of the same name, probably representing a copyist’s misreading of Hebrew d and r, which are quite similar.
1540 BC - 1450 BC