Great-grandson of Manasseh, Numbers 26:29,30 , and founder of the family to which Gideon belonged, Joshua 17.2; Judges 6.34; 8.2 . In this last verse, "the vintage of Abiezer" means the first rout of the Midianites by the 300, mostly Abiezrites; and "the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim," means the capture of Oreb and Zeeb, and other fruits of the victory, gathered by the Ephraimites.