Lemuel
Lemuel is a male given name from the Old Testament .
According to the Book of Proverbs (Proverbs of Solomon), Lemuel was the name of a king that is not mentioned anywhere else ( Prov 31.1 EU , Prov 31.2 EU and 31.4 EU ). The translation of the Hebrew meaning is "devoted to God". Etymologically, the name goes back to Lael (about "for God" in Numbers 3.24 EU ); in this he resembles the name Jamuel ( Gen 46.10 EU ) and Namuel ( 1 Chr 4.24 EU ).
In world literature, the name went down as the first name of the protagonist in Jonathan Swift's satire Gulliver's Travels . The modern book of revelation, the Book of Mormon, names one Lemuel among the two sons of Lehi . In the United States in particular, Lemuel was a common given name and is so to the present day.
Variants are: Lem , Lemmie
Name bearer
- Lemuel Francis Abbott (* 1760 / 1761–1802), English portrait painter
- Lemuel Hastings Arnold (1792-1852), American politician
- Lemuel Barney (born 1945), American football player
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden (1815–1864), American politician
- Lem Davis (1914–1970), American swing jazz alto saxophonist
- Lem Dobbs (* 1959), British-American screenwriter
- Lemuel Fowler († 1963), American pianist, composer and band leader of early jazz and blues
- Lemuel Whittington Gorham (1885–1968), American internist
- Lemuel Jenkins (1789–1862), American lawyer and politician
- Lem Johnson (1909–1989), American jazz and rhythm and blues musician (tenor saxophone, clarinet and vocals)
- Lemuel Mathewson (1899–1970), Lieutenant General in the US Army, adviser to President Roosevelt
- Lemuel W. Royse (1847-1946), American politician
- Lemuel C. Shepherd junior (1896–1990), general in the US Marine Corps
- Lemuel Steeples (1956-1980), American boxer
- Lem Winchester (1928–1961), American jazz vibraphonist and composer
Middle name
- Thomas Lemuel James (1831-1916), American journalist and banker
- Maxwell Lemuel Roach (1924–2007), American jazz drummer and composer
- George Lemuel Woods (1832–1890), American politician
literature
- Ann-Kristin Wigand: Lemuel. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (Eds.): The Scientific Biblical Lexicon on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff.