Abiel (Heb. ‘ Abîêl, “God is my Father”, “father of power”; ac. ‘Abi-ilu; sudar. ‘b’I). 1. Ancestor of Saul. According to 1Sa 9:1 he is listed as Saul’s grandfather, but according to 1Sa 14:50, 51, if Abnor is taken as Saul’s uncle, he would be the great-grandfather. One solution to this apparent discrepancy is to interpret the phrase “son of Abiel” (9:1) as “grandson of Abiel.” See HiJoe_2 Valiant of David, originally from Ret-araba (1Ch 11:32), also called Abi-albón* in 2Sa 23:31
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
(Heb., aviel, the father is God, or God is father).
1. Grandfather of Saul and Abner (1Sa 9:1; 1Sa 14:51).
2. One of David’s mighty men (1Ch 11:32), also called Abi-albon (2Sa 23:31).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
(God is my father). Name of people from the OT.
1. Character in the offspring of Benjamin. Ancestor of King Saul (1Sa 9:1; 1Sa 14:51).
. One of David’s mighty men. He was an Arbatite (1Ch 11:32). = †¢Abi-albon.
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
tip, BIOG HOMB HOAT HSHA = “father of strength” or “God is a father”. (a) Grandfather of Saul and Abner (1 Sam. 9:1; 14:51). (b) One of “David’s mighty men” (1 Chron. 11:32); also called Abi-albon (2 Sam. 23:31).
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
(Father is God).
1. Son of Zeror and descendant of Becorat and Aphias, of the tribe of Benjamin. A comparison of 1 Chronicles 8:29-33 and 9:35-39 with 1 Samuel 9:1, 2 and 14:50, 51 gives grounds for believing that Abiel is also called “Jeiel” in the Chronicles account, for there Jeiel is said to be the father of Ner, who became the father of Kish, the father of Saul, and 1 Samuel 14:50, 51 also shows that Abiel (or Jeiel) was the father of Ner. The Chronicles record indicates that Jeiel (or Abiel) had nine other sons, one of whom was named Kish, and this older Kish would therefore be the uncle of the son of Ner who had the same name. Name.
In case Abiel and Jeiel are two names of the same person, their genealogy should be as follows.
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Ahijah (descendant of Benjamin)
Becorat
Zeror
Abiel or Jeiel
Abdon Zur Kis Baal Ner Nadab Gedor Ahio Zechariah Miqlot
(Zeker)
Abner Quis
saul
So when we read in 1 Samuel 9:1 that Kish (that is, the second Kish, Saul’s father) was the “son of Abiel,” it seems that this means that he was his grandson, as in other instances of biblical genealogy in which one or more links are omitted. (For example, although according to 1 Samuel 10:21, “the family of the Matritas” included Kish and Saul, Matri’s name does not appear in the accounts we are considering or anywhere else in the Bible.)
The 1 Chronicles record (8:33; 9:39), obviously the more explicit of the two accounts, seems to clearly present Ner as the immediate father of the second Kish. (See QUIS Nos. 2 and 3.)
2. Another benjamite. (See ABí-ALBí“N.)
Source: Dictionary of the Bible
(heb. ˒aḇı̂˒ēl, ‘God is my father’), 1. Saul’s grandfather (1 Sam. 9.1; 14.51). 2. One of David’s mighty men (1 Chr. 11.32), called Abi-albón (2 Sam. 23.31), name in which albón has been transferred from v. following by a copyist. Some codices of the LXX they have Abiel here.
RAHG
Douglas, J. (2000). New Biblical Dictionary: First Edition. Miami: United Bible Societies.
Source: New Bible Dictionary