Bible Person

Hillel

Meaning: he that praises · Male · 2 cross references

Hillel is the Pirathonite father of Abdon, one of Israel's later judges. He appears through a family line tied to a quieter period of leadership before the monarchy. First appears in Judg 12:13.1

AI summary: Hillel matters because the cross references place his house behind Abdon, a judge whose brief rule still forms part of God's sustaining provision for Israel in a fragmented time. Though Hillel is not an active public figure, his preserved name anchors that leadership in a remembered family setting. Taken together, the material presents Hillel as the paternal background to a late judge in Israel's pre-monarchic history.1

Central Figure

Hillel

Meaning: he that praises

Praising, a Pirathonite, father of the judge Abdon (Judg.