ʼĂbîyʼêl — H22

Definition

masculine proper noun

Abiel, the name of two Israelites

1. Abiel = "El (God) is (my) father"
2. Saul's grandfather

Usually translated as

Abiel

Origin

from H1 and H410; father (i.e. possessor) of God

• Derived from ʼâb (H1)
• Derived from ʼêl (H410)

Occurrences

ʼĂbîyʼêl occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (2), 1 Chronicles (1)

• 1 Samuel 9:1 — Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel (אֲבִיאֵ֞ל), the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
• 1 Samuel 14:51 — And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel (אֲבִיאֵֽל).
• 1 Chronicles 11:32 — Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel (אֲבִיאֵ֖ל) the Arbathite,