Abiezer in the Bible

Meaning: father of help

Thematic Bible



These were Gilead’s descendants:
the Iezerite clan from Iezer;
the Helekite clan from Helek;

So the allotment was for the rest of Manasseh’s descendants by their clans, for the sons of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, by their clans.

The Spirit of the Lord took control of Gideon, and he blew the ram’s horn and the Abiezrites rallied behind him.

So he said to them, “What have I done now compared to you? Is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?


Abiezer the Anathothite,
Mebunnai the Hushathite,

The ninth, for the ninth month, was Abiezer the Anathothite, a Benjaminite; 24,000 were in his division.


References

Hastings

American

Fausets

Morish

Smith

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.