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אֲבִיאֵל
Abiel
Abiel, a man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.23.31 Another name of a.vi-al.von (אֲבִי־עַלְבוֹן "Abi-albon" H0045) § Abiel = "El (God) is (my) father" Saul's grandfather
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
אֲבִיאֵל proper name, masculine (El is (my) father, compare אביהו & Phoenician אבבעל (feminine), also אביבעל; & אבנבעל our father etc.; Abi-ba'al KAT2 355; 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 1Sam 9:1; 1Sam 14:51.
2. = foregoing, 1Chr 11:32.
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