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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

hil'-el (hillel, "he greatly praised"; Septuagint Ellel): An inhabitant of Pirathon in the hill country of Ephraim, and father of Abdon, one of the judges of Israel (Jud 12:13,15).