עַבְדָּאʻAbdâʼ
proper name, masculine: servant of
Pronunciation: ab-daw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5653
Meanings
1. father of Adoniram (1 Kings 4:6)
2. a Levite (Nehemiah 11:17)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- 1 Kings 4:6 Ahishar was manager of the palace property. Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of forced labor.
- Nehemiah 11:17 Also Mattaniah son of Mica, son of Zabdi, a descendant of Asaph, who led in thanksgiving and prayer. Also Bakbukiah, who was Mattaniah’s assistant, and Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.
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).