raguel Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
raguel in Easton's Bible Dictionary
friend of God, (Num. 10:29)=Reuel (q.v.), Ex. 2:18, the father-in-law of Moses, and probably identical with Jethro (q.v.).
raguel in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
RAGU'EL (friend of God), the father of Jethro, Num 10:29; called Reuel in Ex 2:18.
raguel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
("friend of God.") 1. Prince priest of Midian; father of Zipporah, Moses' wife, and of Jethro and Hobab. (See JETHRO; HOBAB.) (Exodus 2:21; Exodus 3:1; Numbers 10:29). The older tradition, and the insecurity from Egyptian power which Moses would have been exposed to in the W. of the Elanitic gulf, favor the view that Raguel lived on the coast E. of the Elanitic gulf. 2. Genesis 36:4.