עַבְדוֹןʻAbdôwn
עַבְדּוֺן: I.
Pronunciation: ab-dohn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5658
Meanings
1. a judge (Judges 12:13; Judges 12:15; 1 Samuel 12:11)
2. a Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:23)
3. son of Jehiel a Gibeonite (1 Chronicles 8:30; 1 Chronicles 9:36)
4. son of Micah (2 Chronicles 34:20; 2 Kings 22:12)
II. Levitical city in Asher (Joshua 21:30; 1 Chronicles 6:59; Joshua 19:28)
עוֺבָל: proper name [of a people]: Arabian people, descended from Joktan (Genesis 10:28; 1 Chronicles 1:22)
עֵיבָל: proper name, masculine [or of a people]: name in Edom (Genesis 36:23; 1 Chronicles 1:40)
עֵיבָל: proper name [of a mountain]: Ebal, the mountain of cursing, north of Shechem, and opposite Mt. Gerizim (mountain of blessing, south of Shechem) (Deuteronomy 11:29; Joshua 8:30; Joshua 8:33)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 21:30 From the tribe of Asher they received the following towns with their pasturelands: Mishal, Abdon,
- Judges 12:13 After Elon died, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, judged Israel.
- Judges 12:15 When he died, he was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
- 1 Chronicles 6:74 From the territory of Asher, they received Mashal, Abdon,
- 1 Chronicles 8:23 Abdon, Zicri, Hanan,
- 1 Chronicles 8:30 and his oldest son was named Abdon. Jeiel’s other sons were Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
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).