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Abiezer

Also called Jeezer

Mentioned 1451–1244 BC traditional (Jones)

The second of the three sons of Hammoleketh, the sister of Gilead. He was the grandson of Manasseh (1 Chr. 7:18).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
Gilead
Siblings
Asriel, Helek, Hepher, Shechem, Shemida
Tagged in
4 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Places

Places named in the same verses as Abiezer, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification. A dashed ring on the map marks a region, river, or mountain rather than a town.

  1. location not graded: Abiezer1
  2. location not graded: West Manasseh1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1503–1192 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 2 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

4 tagged verses in 3 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Numbers1
  2. Joshua1
  3. Judges2

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBAbiezer 6Jeezer 0
KJVAbiezer 4Jeezer 1
ASVAbiezer 7Jeezer 0

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 4 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Numbers1 verse
  1. 26:30

    These were the descendants of Gilead: the Iezerite clan from Iezer, the Helekite clan from Helek,

Joshua1 verse
  1. 17:2

    So this allotment was for the rest of the descendants of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph.

Judges2 verses
  1. 6:34

    So the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, who blew the ram’s horn and rallied the Abiezrites behind him.

  2. 8:2

    But Gideon answered them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

The second of the three sons of Hammoleketh, the sister of Gilead. He was the grandson of Manasseh (1 Chr. 7:18). From his family Gideon sprang (Josh. 17:2; comp. Judg. 6:34; 8:2). He was also called Jeezer (Num. 26:30).