Dictionaries :: Abimael

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Abimael:

father of Mael, one of the sons or descendants of Joktan, in Northern Arabia (Gen 10:28; 1Ch 1:22).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Abimael:

a father sent from God

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Abimael:

a-bim'-a-el, ab-i-ma'-el ('abhima'el, "my father is God," or "God is father"): The ninth of the thirteen sons of Joktan, who was descendant of Shem, and son of Eber, and brother of Peleg in whose days the earth was divided (Ge 10:25-29; 1Ch 1:19-23). Like some of the other names in this list, the name is linguistically south Arabian, and the tribes indicated are south Arabians. On the Arabic elements in Hebrew proper names see Halevy, Melanges d'epigraphie et d'archeologie semitiques; ZDMG, especially early in 1883; D. H. Muller, Epigraphie Denkmaler aus Arabien; Glaser, Skizze der Gesch. und Geog. Arabiens; and by index Hommel, Ancient Hebrew Tradition; and Gray, Hebrew Proper Names; and F. Giesebrecht, Die alttestamentliche Schatzung des Gottesnamens.

Written by Willis J. Beecher

Nave's Topical Bible

Abimael: Son of Joktan

Gen 10:28; 1Ch 1:22

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Abimael:

(father of Mael) a descendant of Joktan (Genesis 10:28; 1 Chronicles 1:22) and probably the progenitor of an Arab tribe (Mali.)