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Meaning and etymology of the name Abdiel
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Abdiel 
The name Abdiel occurs once in the Bible, in the genealogy of Gad, one of the twelve sons of Jacob and a tribal ancestor of Israel, who make their living in the area between Bashan to Salecah. Abdiel is the father of Ahi of Gilead (1 Chronicles 5:15).
The name Abdiel consists of two elements. The latter 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.
The central yod may be seen as a possessive, but that forms the curious meaning of My Servant Is El. It's probably preferred to see this yod as a remnant of the grammatical form that expresses the third person plural: They Serve El.
For a meaning of the name Abdiel, BDB Theological Dictionary, Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names and NOBS Study Bible Name List all read Servant of God/ El.
Other names taken from the verb abad are
Abda,
Abdeel,
Abdi,
Abdon,
Abednego,
Ebed,
Ebed-melech,
Obadiah,
Obed and
Obed-edom.
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