the knowledge of God
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
DEUEL.Father of Eliasaph, prince of Gad (Num_1:14; Num_7:42; Num_7:47; Num_10:20) = Reuel, Num_2:14 (perhaps the original name).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Num_1:14; Num_7:42; in Num_3:14 Reuel, the Hebrew letter Resh ( ר ) closely resembling the Hebrew letter Daleth ( ד ).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
De'uel or De-u'el. (invocation of God). Father of Eliasaph, the "captain" of the tribe of Gad, at the time of the numbering of the people at Sinai. Num_1:14; Num_7:42; Num_7:47; Num_10:20. (B.C. 1491). The same man is mentioned again in Num_2:14 but here the name appears as Ruel.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
dū?el, dē̇-ū?el דּעוּאל, de‛ū'ēl, ?knowledge of God?): A Gadite, the father of Eliasaph, the representative of the tribe of Gad in the census-taking (Num_1:14), in making the offering of the tribe at the dedication of the altar (Num_7:42, Num_7:47), and as leader of the host of the tribe of the children of Gad in the wilderness (Num_10:20). Called Reuel in Num_2:14, daleth (ד, d) being confused with resh (ר, r).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Deuel
(Heb. Deuel,; דְּעוּאֵל, according to Gesenius, invocation of God; according to Furst, acquainted with God; Sept. ῾Ραγουήλ; Vulg. Dehuel), father of Eliasaph, the captain ( נָשַׂיא) of the tribe of Gad at the time of the numbering of the people at Sinai (Num_1:14; Num_7:42; Num_7:47; Num_10:20). B.C. ante 1657. The same man is mentioned again in 2:14, but here the name appears as REUEL SEE REUEL (q.v.), owing to an interchange of the two very similar Hebrew letters דand ר. In this latter passage the Samaritan, Arabic, and Vulg. retain the D; the Sept., as in other places, has R. The greater weight of evidence is therefore in favor of the reading Deuel in both passages. Furst ingeniously suggests (Heb. Handw. p. 304) that the name may have been originally Daruel (דִּרְעוּאֵל), which would explain the various reading.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.