(father of strength, i.e. strong)

1. Father of Kish, and consequently grandfather of Saul, (1 Samuel 9:1) as well as of Abner, Saul’s commander-in-chief (1 Samuel 14:51).
2. One of David’s mighty men (1 Chronicles 11:32). In (2 Samuel 23:31) he is called Abi-albon.