The meaning of “אֲבִי הָעֶזְרִי”
Understanding ʼĂbîy hâ-ʻEzrîy reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
Abiezrite. - § Abiezrite = "my father is help" - an Abiezrite or descendant of Abiezer 1) one of the family of Abiezer, ...
אֲבִי הָעֶזְרִי
Abiezrite. - § Abiezrite = "my father is help" - an Abiezrite or descendant of Abiezer 1) one of the family of Abiezer, a descendant of Joseph's son, Manasseh
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Judges 6:11 | “And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi–ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.” Word: אֲבִי הָעֶזְרִי (ʼĂbîy hâ-ʻEzrîy) | |
| Judges 6:24 | “Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah–shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi–ezrites.” Word: אֲבִי הָעֶזְרִי (ʼĂbîy hâ-ʻEzrîy) | |
| Judges 8:32 | “And 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 Abi–ezrites.” Word: אֲבִי הָעֶזְרִי (ʼĂbîy hâ-ʻEzrîy) |