List of minor Hebrew Bible figures, A–K
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This article contains persons named in the Bible, specifically in the Hebrew Bible, of minor notability, about whom little or nothing is known, aside from some family connections. Here are the names which start with A-K.
A
Abagtha
Abda
Abdeel
Abdi
Abdiel
Abdon
Abi
See Abijah
Abiah
See Abijah
Abialbon
See Abiel
Abiasaph
Abiasaph (Hebrew: אֲבִיאָסָף, lit. 'my father has gathered') was a son of Korah of the tribe of Levi, according to Exodus 6:24, and born in Egypt. Ebiasaph is a spelling variation of Abiasaph.
Abida
Abiel
Abiezer
Abihail
Abihud
Abijah
Abimael
In Genesis 10:28, Abimael (Hebrew אֲבִֽימָאֵ֖ל) is the ninth of the 13 sons of Joktan, a descendant of Shem. He is also mentioned in 1 Chronicles 1:22. Abimael means "God is a father."
Abinadab
Abinadab (Hebrew אֲבִינָדָב "my father apportions" or "the father [i.e. god of the clan] is munificent") refers to four biblical characters. Where the Hebrew text reads Avinadav, Greek manuscripts of the Septuagint read Am(e)inadab or Abin. but Brenton's translation of the Septuagint reads "Abinadab".
A man of Kiriath-Jearim, in whose house on a hill the Ark of the Covenant was deposited after having been brought back from the land of the Philistines.
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