STRONGS NUMBER H22


Word Summary
Abiel: "El is my father", an Israelite name
Original Word: אֲבִיאֵל
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
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

אֲבִיאֵלproper name, masculine (El is (my) father, compare אביהו‎ & Phoenician אבבעל‎ (feminine), also אביבעל‎; & אבנבעלour father etc.; Abi-ba'al KAT2355; see RSSem 45.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 1 Samuel 9:1; 14:51.

2 = foregoing, 1 Chronicles 11:32.