Abiezer

Abiezer or Abieezer or Abi-ezer is the name of three Biblical characters. The name means "father of help" i.e., helpful. The characters are:

• The prince of the tribe of Dan at the time of the Exodus ({{bibleverse||Numbers|1:12|NKJV}}).
• The second of the three sons of Hammoleketh, the sister of Gilead (also called Jeezer ({{bibleverse||Numbers|26:30|NKJV}})). He was the grandson of Manasseh ({{bibleverse|1|Chronicles|7:18|NKJV}}). From his family Gideon sprang ({{bibleverse||Joshua|17:2|NKJV}}; {{bibleverse||Judges|6:34|NKJV}} and {{bibleverse-nb||Judges|8:2|NKJV}}). In {{bibleverse||Judges|6:15|NKJV}}, Gideon describes his clan, the Abiezrites, as "the weakest in [the tribe of] Manasseh" .
• One of King David's thirty warriors ({{bibleverse|2|Samuel|23:27|NKJV}}; {{bibleverse|1|Chronicles|27:12|NKJV}}) a Benjamite from Anathoth.