Dictionaries :: Igal

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Igal:

avengers. (1.) Num 13:7, one of the spies of the tribe of Issachar. (2.) Son of Nathan of Zobah, and one of David's warriors (2Sa 23:36). (3.) 1Ch 3:22.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Igal:

redeemed; defiled

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Igal:

i'-gal (yigh'al, "he (God) redeems"; Septuagint variously Igal, Gaal, Ieol):

(1) One of the twelve spies sent by Moses from the wilderness of Paran; son of Joseph, tribe of Issachar (Nu 13:7).

(2) One of David's heroes, son of Nathan of Zobah (2Sa 23:36). In 1Ch 11:38 he is "Joe (yo'el), the brother of Nathan."

(3) Son of Shemaiah of the royal house of David, descendant of Zerubbabel (1Ch 3:22, the King James Version "Igeal").

Nave's Topical Bible

Igal: 1. One of the Spies Sent to Canaan

Num 13:7

Igal: 2. Called Also Joel

One of David's guards,

2Sa 23:36; 1Ch 11:38.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Igal:

(whom God will avenge).

(1.) One of the spies, son of Joseph, of the tribe of Issachar (Numbers 13:7). (B.C. 1490)

(2.) One of the heroes of David's guard, son of Nathan of Zobah (2 Samuel 23:36). (B.C. 1046)