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title: אֲבִיאֵל — Abiel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲבִיאֵל (22), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Abiel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲבִיאֵל

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«אֲבִיאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Abiel** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 22 · **BDB:** אֲבִיאֵל

### Glosses

of.Abiel (2); Abiel (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Abiel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/22/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/22/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (Ēl is (my) father, cf. אביהו \& Ph. אבבעל (fem.), also אביבעל; \& אבנבעל our father etc.; Abi-ba’al KAT2 355; v. RSSem 45. NöZMG 1888, 480 makes אבי here, \& in אביהו etc., cstr. but this seems unlikely; cf. also אליאב etc.; views differ much as to these n.pr. and uniform interpr. is impossible. Cf. in gen. Ol§ 277 f). Saul’s grandfather 1 S 9:1; 14:51. = foregoing, 1 Ch 11:32.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲבִיאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/22/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 11:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.32/)

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חוּרַי֙ מִנַּ֣חֲלֵי גָ֔עַשׁס אֲבִיאֵ֖ל הָעַרְבָתִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Hurai from the.wadis of.Gaash Abiel the Arbathite

*JPS 1917:* Hurai of Nahale-gaash, Abiel the Arbathite;

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[1 Samuel 14:51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.14.51/)

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וְקִ֧ישׁ אֲבִֽי־שָׁא֛וּל וְנֵ֥ר אֲבִֽי־אַבְנֵ֖ר בֶּן־אֲבִיאֵֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* and Kish \[was\].the.father of.Saul and Ner the.father of.Abner \[was\].the.son of.Abiel

*JPS 1917:* And Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.

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