In the bible, Abiel is the name of the (grand?)father of Kish (1SA 9:1), (great?) grandfather of King Saul. Meaning of the name: God my father. Related names are:
Kish, Aphiah,
Benjamin (and others ...)
. The translations of Abiel in 2 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Αβιηλ in Greek to
Aviel in Hebrew!
Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. (1SA 9:1)
And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel. (1SA 14:51)
Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, (1CH 11:32)