In the bible, Ammiel is the name of the 1 of 12 the spies- from Dan (NUM 13:12), as well as name of father of Machir (2SA 9:5) and sixth-born son of Obed-edom (1CH 26:4). Meaning of the name: the people of God. Related names are:
Machir,
David,
Jerusalem (and others ...)
. The translations of Ammiel in 20 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
A-Mi-Ên in Vietnamese to
Αμιηλ in Greek!
Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. (NUM 13:12)
And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar. (2SA 9:4)
Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar. (2SA 9:5)
And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, (2SA 17:27)
And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel: (1CH 3:5)
Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him. (1CH 26:5)