Lexical Definition

‎אֲבִיאֵל‎ ʼĂbîyʼêl (ab-ee-ale') Abiel ^N:N-M-P
from ‎אָב‎ and ‎אֵל‎; father (i.e. possessor) of God

Abiel.

• § Abiel = "El (God) is (my) father"
• Abiel, the name of two Israelites

1) Saul's grandfather

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֲבִיאֵל‎ proper name, masculine (El is (my) father, compare ‎אביהו‎ & Phoenician ‎אבבעל‎ (feminine), also ‎אביבעל‎; & ‎אבנבעל‎ our father etc.; Abi-ba'al KAT^{2 355}; see RS^{Sem 45.} Nö^{ZMG 1888, 480 makes} ‎אבי‎ here, & in ‎אביהו‎ etc., construct but this seems unlikely; compare also ‎אליאב‎ etc.; views differ much as to these proper names and uniform interpretation is impossible. Compare in general Ol^{§ 277 f}).

1. Saul's grandfather 1Sam 9:1; 1Sam 14:51.

2. = foregoing, 1Chr 11:32.

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