What is "abiel"

Abiel is the given name of:

• two minor biblical figures
• Abiel Abbot (1770–1828), American clergyman
• Abiel Chandler (1777–1851), merchant in Boston, Massachusetts
• Abiel Foster (1735–1806), American clergyman who represented New Hampshire in the Continental Congress and the U.S. Congress
• Abiel Holmes (1763–1837), American Congregational clergyman and historian; father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. and grandfather of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
• Abiel Abbot Low (1811–1893), American entrepreneur, businessman, trader and philanthropist
• Abiel Wood (1772–1834), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts