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Lemuel

/ˈlɛm.jə(wə)l/

Lemuel proper noun: a king mentioned in the Proverbs.

Proper noun

Lemuel

  1. A king mentioned in the Proverbs.
    • The wordes of King Lemuel, the prophecie that his mother taught him.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 31:1, column 1
  2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
    • THE Author of theſe Travels, Mr. Lemuel Gulliver, is my antient and intimate Friend; there is likewiſe ſome Relation between us by the Mother's Side.1726 October 28, Richard Sympson [pseudonym], “The Publisher to the Reader”, in [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […]...
  3. (Mormonism) A character in the Book of Mormon, the younger brother of Laman and the elder brother of Nephi, Sam, Jacob, and Joseph.

Origin of Lemuel

From Hebrew לְמוּאֵל (lemu'él, ləmūʔel, literally “devoted to God”).

Questions about Lemuel

What does Lemuel mean?
Lemuel means a king mentioned in the Proverbs.
What part of speech is Lemuel?
Lemuel is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Lemuel?
Lemuel is pronounced /ˈlɛm.jə(wə)l/.

Words near Lemuel in the dictionary

  1. Lempster
  2. Lempäälä
  3. LEMS
  4. Lemsford
  5. LEMSIP
  6. Lemuel
  7. lemur
  8. lemur-tail seahorse
  9. lemur-tail seahorses
  10. Lemuralia
  11. lemure

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