In the bible, Nethanel is the name of the head of the tribe of Issachar during the census (NUM 1:8), as well as name of fourth-born son of Jesse (1CH 2:13), trumpeter (1CH 15:24), and the scribe, father of Shemaiah (1CH 24:6)
(and others...)
. Meaning of the name: G-d [El] has given. Related names are:
Nethaneel,
Zechariah,
Obed (and others ...)
. The translations of Nethanel in 8 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Natanael in Spanish to
Ναθαναηλ in Greek!
Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, (1CH 2:14)
Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. (NUM 1:8)
And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar. (1CH 24:6)
Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel. (NEH 12:21)
Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth, (1CH 26:4)
Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah. (2CH 17:7)
And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark. (1CH 15:24)