Adbeel

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ADBEEL . The third son of Ishmael ( Genesis 25:13 , 1 Chronicles 1:29 ), eponym of the N. Arab. [Note: Arabic.] tribe, which appears in cuneiform inscrip. as Idiba’il or Idibi’al , and which had its settlements S.W. of the Dead Sea.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ad'be-el. (offspring of God). A son of Ishmael, Genesis 25:13; 1 Chronicles 1:29, and probably the progenitor of an Arab tribe. (B.C. about 1850).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Son of Ishmael and one of the "twelve princes according to their generations." Genesis 25:13; 1 Chronicles 1:29 . There is no trace of a nation bearing this name, nor of any place named after him.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(Arabic "miracle of God".) One of Ishmael's 12 sons, and founder of an Arab tribe (Genesis 25:13; 1 Chronicles 1:29).

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Genesis 25:131 Chronicles 1:29

Holman Bible Dictionary

Genesis 25:13

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Adbeel', אִדְבְּאֵל, prob. miracle of God, the first member being by Syriasm for אֶצְבִּע, finger; or progeny of God, the first member being Arab. adb, offspring; Sept. Ναβδεήλ [Josephus Ἀβδέηλος, Ant. 1, 12, 4], Vulg. Adbeel), the third named of the twelve sons of Ishmael, and head of an unknown Arabian tribe (Genesis 25:13; 1 Chronicles 1:29). B.C. post 2061. See ARABIA.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ad´bē̇ -el ( אדבּאל , 'adhbe'ēl , "God's discipline," possibly): The third of the twelve sons of Ishmael (Genesis 25:13; 1 Chronicles 1:29 ). The name appears in the Assyrian records as that of a north Arabian tribe residing somewhere Southwest of the Dead Sea.

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Adb´eel, one of the twelve sons of Ishmael, and founder of an Arabian tribe (Genesis 25:13; Genesis 25:16).