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Abiel
Father (i.e., “possessor”) of God = “pious.” (1.) The son of Zeror and father of Ner, who was the grandfather of Saul (1 Sam 14:51; 1 Chr 8:33; 1 Chr 9:39). In 1 Sam 9:1, he is called the “father,” probably meaning the grandfather, of Kish. (2.) An Arbathite, one of David’s warriors (1 Chr 11:32); called also Abi-albon (2 Sam 23:31).
Named in the Bible
3 verses
- 1 Samuel 9:1 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, 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.
- 1 Chronicles 11:32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
