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Abiel
ABIEL (ā'bĭ-ĕl, Heb. ’ăvî’ēl, the father is God, or God is father)
The grandfather of Saul and Abner (
ABIEL ā’ bī əl (אֲבִיאֵ֞ל, the [my] father is God). 1. A man of Benjamin who is mentioned as the father of Kish and the grandfather of King Saul and Abner (
2. One of David’s thirty mighty men (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
a’-bi-el, ab’-yel, a-bi’-el (’abhi’el, "my father is God," or "God is father"):
(1) A descendant of Benjamin the son of Jacob. Father of Kish the father of King Saul, and also, apparently, the father of Ner the father of Saul’s general, Abner (
(2) One of David’s mighty men (