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Abel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Hebrew Hebel. Second of Adam and Eve's sons, Genesis 4: Abel means "vanity" or "weakness", "vapor" or "transitoriness". Cain means "possession"; for Eve said at his birth, "I have gotten as a possession a man from Jehovah," or as the Hebrew (eth) may mean, "with the help of Jehovah"; she inferring the commencement of the fulfillment of the pro...

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Abi-albon in Naves Topical Bible

Also called ABIEL -One of David's heroes 2Sa 23:31; 1Ch 11:32...

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Abia in Easton's Bible Dictionary

my father is the Lord, the Greek form of Abijah, or Abijam (Matt. 1:7), instead of Abiah (1 Chr. 7:8). In Luke 1:5, the name refers to the head of the eighth of the twenty- four courses into which David divided the priests (1 Chr. 24:10)....

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Abiasaph in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(father of gathering, i.e. gathered), Ex 6:24 otherwise written Ebi/asaph. 1Ch 6:23,37; 9:19 one of the descendants of Korah, and head of the Korhites. Among the remarkable descendants of Abiasaph were Samuel the prophet, 1Sa 1:11 and Heman the singer....

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Abida in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

a-bi'-da ('abhidha`, "father of knowledge," or "my father knows"): A son of Midian and grandson of Abraham and Keturah (Gen 25:4; 1 Ch 1:33). Abidah in the King James Version in Gen....

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Abidan in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

a-bi'-dan ('abhidhan, "father is judge"): Abidan, son of Gideoni, was a "prince" of the children of Benjamin (Nu 2:22; 10:24). He was chosen to represent his tribe at the census in the wilderness of Sinai (Nu 1:11). When, on the erection, anointing and sanctification of the Tabernacle, the heads of Israel offered, Abidan offered on the ninth d...

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Abidan Scripture - Numbers 10:24

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin [was] Abidan the son of Gideoni....

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Abednego Scripture - Daniel 3:28

[Then] Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed [be] the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God....

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Abiathar in Easton's Bible Dictionary

father of abundance, or my father excels, the son of Ahimelech the high priest. He was the tenth high priest, and the fourth in descent from Eli. When his father was slain with the priests of Nob, he escaped, and bearing with him the ephod, he joined David, who was then in the cave of Adullam (1 Sam. 22:20-23; 23:6). He remained with Davi...

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Abel in Hitchcock's Bible Names

vanity; breath; vapor...

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