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    Lael

    LAY-el

    Hebrew
    Girl
    In the King James Bible
    Meaning
    Belonging to God; Of God
    Origin
    Hebrew
    Is it in the Bible?
    Yes — Lael appears in the King James Bible, including Numbers 3:24.
    First appears in
    Numbers — Exodus and the Law
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Lael is the deepest identity — belonging to God, purchased by grace, forever claimed by the One who made you.
    King James verses
    • Numbers 3:24

      "And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael."

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