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Meaning and etymology of the name Abdeel
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Abdeel 
The name Abdeel occurs only once in the Bible. He's mentioned in Jeremiah 36:26 as the father of Shelemiah, who is among the three men who are to arrest Baruch and Jeremiah.
The name Abdeel consists of two parts. The final part is
 (El), the common abbreviation of Elohim.
determines the kind of work that's done. When Jacob "works" Laban, he's not
The masculine noun  (ebed) meaning slave or servant;
The masculine noun (abad) means work.
The feminine noun  (aboda) means labor or service;
The feminine noun  (abudda) means service or the performance of household servants;
The feminine noun  (abdut) means servitude, bondage;
The masculine noun  (mabad) means work.
For a meaning of the name Abdeel, NOBS Study Bible Name List reads Servant of God. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names does the same but makes no distinction between this name and the name Abdiel. BDB Theological Dictionary reads Servant of El.
Other names derived of the verb abad are
Abda,
Abdi,
Abdiel,
Abdon,
Abednego,
Ebed,
Ebed-melech,
Obadiah,
Obed and
Obed-edom.
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