Study Dictionary
Bezalel
In Bible versions:
Bezalel: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
the son of Uri of Judah who made the things in the tabernacle
a layman of the Pahath-Moab clan who put away his heathen wife
a layman of the Pahath-Moab clan who put away his heathen wife
Arts Topics:
Portraits of Bezalel, Son of Uri
Hebrew
Strongs #01212: lalub B@tsal'el
Bezaleel = "in the shadow (i.e. protection) of God"1) son of Uri and grandson of Hur; a skilled Judahite artisan in all works
of metal, wood, and stone and one of the architects of the tabernacle
2) an Israelite, one of the sons of Pahath-moab, in the time of Ezra who
had taken a strange wife
1212 Btsal'el bets-al-ale'
probably from 6738 and 410 with a prepositional prefix; in(the) shadow (i.e. protection) of God; Betsalel, the name of
two Israelites:-Bezaleel.
see HEBREW for 06738
see HEBREW for 0410
BEZALEL [ISBE]
BEZALEL - bez'-a-lel (betsal'el, "in the shadow (protection) of 'El (God)"; Beseleel; the King James Version Bezaleel):(1) A master workman under Moses; son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. Yahweh gave him especial wisdom and skill for his task, which was, with the aid of Oholiab of the tribe of Dan, to superintend the making of the tabernacle and its furniture (Ex 31:2; 35:30; 36:1,2 (8); 37:1; 38:22; 1 Ch 2:20; 2 Ch 1:5).
(2) An Israelite of the time of Ezra who put away a foreign wife (Ezr 10:30).
F. K. Farr