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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 · H5661
av.di.el — Abdiel
A man of the tribe of Gad living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.5.15; son of: Guni (H1476H); father of: Ahi (H0277) § Abdiel = "servant of God" a Gadite, son of Guni and father of Ahi and one who settled in the land of Bashan in the time of king Jotham of Judah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Servant of God, (1 Chr. 5:15), a Gadite chief.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
Read the quoted verses in their chapters to evaluate the historical dictionary references.
Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.
