A'di-el. (ornament of God).

1. A prince of the tribe of Simeon, descended from the prosperous family of Shimei. 1 Chronicles 4:36. He took part in the murderous raid made by his tribe upon the peaceable Hamite shepherds of the valley of Gedor in the reign of Hezekiah. (B.C. about 711).

2. A priest, ancestor of Maasiai. 1 Chronicles 9:12.

3. Ancestor of Azmaveth, David's treasurer. 1 Chronicles 27:25. (B.C. 1050).