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Abiezrite

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(father of help). A family descended from Abiezer (Judg. 6:11,24; 8:32¹¹And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. (Judges 6:11)
²⁴Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. (Judges 6:24)
³²And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. (Judges 8:32)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

One of the family of Abiezer, No. 1. (Judg. 6:11, 24; 8:32¹¹And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. (Judges 6:11)
²⁴Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. (Judges 6:24)
³²And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. (Judges 8:32)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

33 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

’Abiy

Phonic:

ha-`Ezriy

Meaning:

from 44 with the article inserted; father of the Ezrite; an Abiezrite or descendant of Abiezer; -- Abiezrite.

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

patronymic of Abiezer

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Descendant of Abiezer, Judg. 6:11.