King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H22
Transliteration: Abiel
Phonetic Spelling: (ab-ee-ale')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "El is my father", an Israelite name
Meaning: Abiel -- "El is my father", an Israelite name
Word Summary
Abiel: "El is my father", an Israelite name
Original Word: אֲבִיאֵלTransliteration: Abiel
Phonetic Spelling: (ab-ee-ale')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "El is my father", an Israelite name
Meaning: Abiel -- "El is my father", an Israelite name
Strong's Concordance
Abiel From 'ab and 'el; father (i.e. Possessor) of God; Abiel, the name of two Israelites -- Abiel.
see HEBREW 'ab
see HEBREW 'el
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H22. Abiel
אֲבִיאֵל proper name, masculine (El is (my) father, compare אביהו & Phoenician אבבעל (feminine), also אביבעל; & אבנבעל our father etc.; Abi-ba'al KAT2355; see RSSem 45. NöZMG 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 1 Samuel 9:1; 14:51.
2 = foregoing, 1 Chronicles 11:32.