Abiezer
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Abiezer or Abieezer or Abi-ezer is the name of three Biblical characters. The name means "father of help" i.e., helpful. The characters are:
- The prince of the tribe of Dan at the time of the Exodus (Numbers 1:12).
- The second of the three sons of Hammoleketh, the sister of Gilead (also called Jeezer (Numbers 26:30)). He was the grandson of Manasseh (1 Chronicles 7:18). From his family Gideon sprang (Joshua 17:2; Judges 6:34 and Template:Bibleverse-nb). In Judges 6:15, Gideon describes his clan, the Abiezrites, as "the weakest in [the tribe of] Manasseh" .
- One of King David's thirty warriors (2 Samuel 23:27; 1 Chronicles 27:12) a Benjamite from Anathoth.
References
Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Abieezer". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons. Template:Hebrew-Bible-stub
