Magdiel

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: uncertain
• Gender: Masculine
• Eng (MAG-dee-el); SP (MAHG-dee-EL)

The name is mentioned 2 times in the Old Testament as the name of one of the Dukes of Edom in Genesis 36:43 and the name of a descendant of Esau in Chronicles 1:54.

According to Hitchcock’s Name Dictionary it means “declaring God; chosen fruit of God,” in Hebrew. It may also derive from the Hebrew Meged El (oil of God).

In modern Jewish history, it is the name of one of the four original communities, established by Holocaust survivors in the 1940s that formed the city of Hod Hasharon.

In recent years, the name has come into common use in Latin American countries.

Other forms include:

• Mägdiheel (Bavarian)
• Magadiil Магедиил (Bulgarian)
• Magdiél (Hungarian)
• Magdielis (Lithuanian)
• Makatiere (Maori)
• Magdiil Магдиил (Russian)

Sources

• http://www.kingjamesbibledictionary.com/Dictionary/Magdiel
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdiel
• https://www.behindthename.com/name/magdiel/submitted
• https://biblehub.com/multi/genesis/36-43.htm