Lemuel
"Devoted to God"
Lemuel is a Hebrew name meaning "devoted to God," appearing in the Bible as a king who received wisdom teachings from his mother.
The name saw modest use among English Puritans and in early America but is now uncommon.
Lemuel Gulliver is the narrator of Swift's *Gulliver's Travels*.
Biblical book of aphorisms
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- instructionGuidance for action
righteousness · morality · prudence · discernment · chastity · temperance · sobriety · Hebrew
- Jonathan SwiftDublin's savage satirist
- satireMockery exposing vice
- voyageJourney by sea
- LilliputFictional land of diminutive inhabitants
Brobdingnag · Yahoos · travelogue · allegory · eighteenth century · captain · shipwreck · narrator
From the Jewish language
- masculineMale in character
- rare nameInfrequent given designation
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
Proverbs
Biblical book of aphorisms
instruction · righteousness · morality · prudence · discernment · chastity · temperance · sobriety · Hebrew · Old Testament
Gulliver's Travels
- Jonathan SwiftDublin's savage satirist
- satireMockery exposing vice
- voyageJourney by sea
Lilliput · Brobdingnag · Yahoos · travelogue · allegory · eighteenth century · captain · shipwreck · narrator · protagonist
Hebrew origin
From the Jewish language
- masculineMale in character
- rare nameInfrequent given designation
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
traditional · vintage · given name · namesake