Bible Dictionary

Abdiel

The name Abdiel means “servant of God”.

Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897

Servant of God, (1 Chr. 5:15), a Gadite chief.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(the servant of God), son of Guni and father of Ahi, one of the Gadites who were settled in the land of Bashan, (1 Chronicles 5:15), in the days of Jotham king of Judah. (B.C. 758.)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

ab'-di-el (`abhdi'el, "servant of God"): A Gadite who lived in Gilead or in Bashan, and whose name was reckoned in genealogies of the time of Jotham, king of Judah, or of Jeroboam II, king of Israel (1Ch 5:15-17).