declaring God; chosen fruit of God
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
MAGDIEL.A duke of Edom (Gen_36:43 = 1Ch_1:54).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Gen_36:43.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Mag'di-el. (prince of God). One of the "dukes" of Edom, descended from Esau. Gen_36:43; 1Ch_1:54.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
mag?di-el (מגדּיאל, maghdı̄'ēl; Gen_36:43, Septuagint: Codex Alexandrinus Μετοδυήλ, Metoduḗl; 1Ch_1:54; Codex Alexandrinus Μαγεδυήλ, Mageduḗl; Codex Vaticanus Μεδυήλ, Medúḗl): One of the ?dukes? of Edom.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Magdiel
(Heb. lMagdiea , מִגְדַּיאֵל, endowed of God; Sept. Μαγεδιήλ and Μεδιήλ v. r. Μετοδιήλ), the successor of Mibzar, and predecessor of Iram among the Edomitish chiefs who held sway along with the native princes in Mount Seir (Gen_36:43; 1Ch_1:54). B.C. ante 1619.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.