Gender Masculine
Usage Biblical, Biblical Greek
Scripts עֲבְדִיאֵל(Ancient Hebrew) Ἀβδιήλ(Ancient Greek)
Meaning & History
Means "servant of God" in Hebrew, from עֶבֶד (ʿeveḏ) meaning "servant, slave" and אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". In the Old Testament, this is the name of a member of the tribe of Gad. In John Milton's Paradise Lost (1667), this is the name of a seraph who withstands Satan when he urges the angels to revolt.