redeemed; defiled
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
IGAL.1. The spy representing the tribe of Issachar (Num_13:7). 2. One of Davids heroes, the son of Nathan of Zohah (2Sa_23:36). In the parallel list (1Ch_11:38) the name is given as Joel, the brother of Nathan. 3. Son of Shemaiah of the royal house of David (1Ch_3:22).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1. Num_13:7.
2. Son of Nathan of Zobah (2Sa_23:36); in 1Ch_11:38 "Joel, the brother of Nathan."
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
I'gal. (whom God will avenge).
1. One of the spies, son of Joseph, of the tribe of Issachar. Num_13:7. (B.C. 1490).
2. One of the heroes of David's guard, son of Nathan, of Zobah. 2Sa_23:36. (B.C. 1046).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
ı̄?gal (יגאל, yigh'āl, ?he (God) redeems?; Septuagint variously Ἰγάλ, Igál, Γαάλ, Gaál, Ἰωήλ, Iōḗl):
(1) One of the twelve spies sent by Moses from the wilderness of Paran; son of Joseph, tribe of Issachar (Num_13:7).
(2) One of David's heroes, son of Nathan of Zobah (2Sa_23:36). In 1Ch_11:38 he is ?Joel (יואל, yō'ēl), 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?).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Igal
(Heb. Yigal', יַגְאָל, avenger), the name of three men. 1. (Sept. Ι᾿γάλ, Vulg. Igal, Eng. Vers. Igal.) Son of Joseph, and commissioner on the part of Issachar to explore the land of Canaan (Num_13:7). He of course perished with his nine false-hearted companions on their return (Num_14:37). B.C. 1657.
2. (Sept. Ι᾿γαάλ, Vulg. Igaal, A.V. Igal.) Son of Nathan of Zobah, and one of David's famous warriors (2Sa_23:36). B.C. 1046. In the parallel list of 1 Chronicles the name is given as Joel the brother of Nathan (11:38,Ι᾿ωήλ). Kennicott, after a minute examination of the passage, both in the original and in the ancient versions, decides in favor of the latter as most likely to be the genuine text (Dissertion, p. 212-214).
3. (Sept. Ι᾿ωήλ, Vulg. Jegaal, A.V. Igeal.) One of the sons of Shemaiah, of the descendants of Zerubbabel (1Ch_3:22). The number six there given is that of the grandchildren of Shechaniah (see Strong's Harm. and Expos. of the Gosp. p. 17). B.C. ante 406.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.