Person of Interest

    Abiel

    meaning: God my father

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Dictionary Summary:The son of Zeror and father of Ner, who was the grandfather of Saul ([1 Sam. 14:51](/1sam#1Sam.14.51); [1 Chr. 8:33](/1chr#1Chr.8.33); [9:39](/1chr#1Chr.9.39)). In [1 Sam. 9:1](/1sam#1Sam.9.1), he is called the “father,” probably meaning the grandfather, of Kish. 2


Father

    Zeror

    meaning: root; that straitens or binds; that keeps tight

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Partners

    Maachah

    meaning: pressed down; worn; fastened

    1

Children

    Ner

    meaning: a lamp; new-tilled land

    1

    Mikloth

    meaning: little wants; little voices; looking downward

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    Gedor

    meaning: 

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    Zacher

    meaning: 

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    Kish

    meaning: hard; difficult; straw; for age

    1

    Ahio

    meaning: his brother; his brethren

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    Baal

    meaning: master; lord

    1

    Abdon

    meaning: servant; cloud of judgment

    1

    Nadab

    meaning: free and voluntary gift; prince

    1

    Zur

    meaning: stone; rock; that besieges

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Cross References
BookCross-References
1Sam
    9.1 14.51 
1Chr
    8.33 9.35 9.39 

Figure1:  A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages   (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.) 

      1

      Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

      2

      M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

      3

      Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.