Strong H222 sensesאֲבִיאֵל

Abiel

Transliteration
'ăbîy'êl
Pronunciation
ab-ee-ale'

Meaning of the name

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

The 2 senses of Strong H22

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H22 appears in 3 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Father of Kish and grandfather of King SaulH22G2 verses · 1 Samuel
  2. One of David's mighty men, an ArbathiteH22H1 verse · 1 Chronicles

General definition

From H1 and H410; father (that is possessor) of God;
{Abiel} the name of two Israelites: - Abiel.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • abiel3

First verses

  1. 1 Samuel 9:1
    Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
  2. 1 Samuel 14:51
    And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
  3. 1 Chronicles 11:32
    Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,