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How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5655
av.de.el — Abdeel
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Jer.36.26; father of: Shelemiah (H8018L) § Abdeel = "servant of God" father of Shelemiah of Judah in the time of Jeremiah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Servant of God, (Jer. 36:26), the father of Shelemiah.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
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But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.
