Kadmiel kad'-mi-el (qadhmi'el, "before God," "priest"(?); "Cadmiel" in parallel lists in Ezra 5:26 the King James Version; omitted in Septuagint Codex Vaticanus; Codex Alexandrinus reads kai Kadmielon): A Levite (Ezra 2:40, Nehemiah 7:43), founder of a family whose descendants returned from captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:1, Nehemiah 7:43, Nehemiah 12:1, Nehemiah 12:8). He is named among those who praise God for the return (Nehemiah 9:4, Nehemiah 9:5, Nehemiah 12:24); was of those who "set forward" the work of the Lord's house (Ezra 3:9, Ezra 5:26), and is again mentioned with those who "seal" the new Return Covenant (Nehemiah 10:28) after the re-establishment of worship (Nehemiah 10:1, Nehemiah 10:9).