Gender Masculine Usage Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1] Scripts עַדְרִיאֵל(Ancient Hebrew) Meaning & History Means "flock of God" in Hebrew, from עֵדֶר (ʿeḏer) meaning "flock, herd" and אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". In the Old Testament this is the name of a man who married Saul's daughter Merab.