Reuel or Raguel (; rʿʾl), meaning "God shall pasture" or more specifically "El shall pasture" (as a shepherd does with his flock) is a Hebrew name associated with several biblical and religious figures.

Biblical figures

Biblical persons with this name are:

• A son of Esau and Mahalath, the father of Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah (; )

• Moses' father-in-law, also named as Jethro and Hobab (, ; ).

• A Gadite (), called also Deuel () (; ); the father of the Gadite prince Eliasaph

• A Benjamite ()

• Father-in-law of Tobias ()

Other people

First name

• Reuel Abraham (1924–1995), Nazi Luftwaffe pilot and Jewish convert

• Reuel Denney (1913–1995), American poet and academic

• Reuel Marc Gerecht, American writer and political analyst

• Reuel Colt Gridley (1829–1870), American storekeeper and Civil War fundraiser

• Reuel Lochore (1903–1991), New Zealand public servant and scholar

• Reuel Emanuel "Raz" Mesinai (born 1973), American record producer and composer

• Reuel Williams (1783–1862), American politician from Maine

Middle name

• Jairus Aquino (born 1999), Filipino actor

• James Reuel Smith (1852–1935), American photographer and amateur historian.

• John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973), English writer

• Christopher Tolkien (1924–2020), son and literary executor of J. R. R. Tolkien

• Simon Tolkien (born 1959), writer and grandson of J. R. R. Tolkien

Patronymic

• (1st century), 'of royal lineage', executed during the Jewish Revolt by John, son of Dorcas

Landmark houses

• Capt. Reuel and Lucy Merrill House, Cumberland Center, Maine

• Reuel E. Smith House, Skaneateles, New York

Other

• Raguel (angel) – one of the seven archangels in the rabbinic tradition and the Kabbalah

References