most intelligent father
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
ABI-ALBON.See Abiel.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
ab-i-al?bon, ā?bi-al?bon (אבו עלבון 'ăbhı̄ ‛alebhōn, meaning not known. Gesenius infers from the Arabic a stem which would give the meaning ?father of strength,? and this is at worst not quite so groundless as the conjectures which explain ‛alebhōn as a textual misreading for 'ēl or ba‛al): Abi-albon the Arbathite was one of David's listed heroes (2Sa_23:31), called Abiel the Arbathite in 1Ch_11:32. Presumably he was from Beth-arabah (Jos_15:6, Jos_15:61; Jos_18:22).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Abi-Al?bon [ABIEL 2]
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Abi-albon
(Heb. Abi'-Albon', אֲבַיאּעִלְבוֹן, father of strength, i.e. valiant; Sept. Αβὶ Αλβών v. r. Αβὶ Αρβών, Vulg. Abialbon), one of David's bodyguard (2Sa_23:31); called in the parallel passage (1Ch_11:32) by the equivalent name ABIEL SEE ABIEL (q.v.).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.