Abdeel

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Jeremiah 36:26

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("servant of Εl " or "God".) Jeremiah 36:26 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

Jeremiah 36:26

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ABDEEL . Father of Shelemiah ( Jeremiah 36:26 ), one of those ordered by Jeboiakim to arrest Jeremiah and Baruch.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Father of Shelemiah. Jeremiah 36:26 . The name is omitted by the LXX.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ab'de-el. Father of Shelemiah. Jeremiah 36:26 .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ab´dē̇ -el עבדּאל , ( ‛abhde'ēl , "servant of God"): The father of Shelemiah, one of the officers whom King Jehoiakim commanded to arrest Baruch, the scribe, and Jeremiah the prophet ( Jeremiah 36:26 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Abdeel', עְְבדְּאֵל , servant of God; Sept. Αβδιήλ ), the father of Shelemaiah, which latter was one of those commanded to apprehend Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 36:26 ). B.C. ante 605.

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Abdi

(Heb. Abdi', עְְבדַּי , my servant; or, according to Gesenius, for עבְַדַּיָּה , servant of Jehovah; but, according to Furst, properly עְְבדּיְ , bondman), the name of three men.

1. (Sept. Ἀβδί v. r. Ἀβαϊ v .) A Levite. grandfather of one Ethan, which latter lived in the time of David ( 1 Chronicles 6:44 ). B.C. considerably ante 1014.

2. (Sept. Ἀβδί .) A Levite, father of one Kish (different from Kishi, a son of the preceding), which latter assisted in the reformation under Hezekiah ( 2 Chronicles 29:12 ). B.C. ante 726.

3. (Sept. Ἀβδία . ) An Israelite of the "sons" of Elam, who divorced his Gentile wife after the return from Babylon ( Ezra 10:26 ), B.C. 459.