אֲבִידָעʼĂbîydâʻ
proper name, masculine: a son of Midian (Genesis 25:4; 1 Chronicles 1:33)
Pronunciation: ab-ee-daw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H28
Same root
- אָבʼâb · H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- יָדַעyâdaʻ · H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 25:4 Midian’s sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. These were all descendants of Abraham through Keturah.
- 1 Chronicles 1:33 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Abraham through his concubine Keturah.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).