Lexicon :: Strong's H22 - 'ăḇî'ēl

אֲבִיאֵל
Transliteration
'ăḇî'ēl
Pronunciation
ab-ee-ale'
Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From אָב (H1) and אֵל (H410)
Strong’s Definitions

אֲבִיאֵל ʼĂbîyʼêl, ab-ee-ale'; from H1 and H410; father (i.e. possessor) of God; Abiel, the name of two Israelites:—Abiel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H22 in the following manner: Abiel (3x).

  1. Abiel = "El (God) is (my) father"

    1. Saul's grandfather

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲבִיאֵל ʼĂbîyʼêl, ab-ee-ale'; from H1 and H410; father (i.e. possessor) of God; Abiel, the name of two Israelites:—Abiel.
STRONGS H22: Abbreviations
† 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; 1 Samuel 14:51.
2. ＝foregoing H45, 1 Chronicles 11:32.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

9:1; 14:51

1 Chronicles

11:32