Person Old Testament
Guni
Guni, a descendant of Gad, was the father of Abdiel, as mentioned in the genealogy of Gad. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 5:15.
Why it matters. A descendant of Gad; father of Abdiel.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Guni
In 1Ch.5.15, Guni is mentioned as a descendant of Gad, one of the twelve sons of Israel (or 'Jacob'). He is described as the son of Abdiel and the father of Ahi, who was the chief of their ancestral house. This Guni is mentioned in the context of the genealogy of the tribe of Gad, which settled east of the Jordan River.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Children
- Abdiel
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
1 Chronicles (1 verse)