עַבְדוֹן

Strong’s Definition

Abdon, the name of a place in Palestine and of four Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

from H5647 (עָבַד); servitude;

KJV Usage

Abdon. Compare H5683 (עֶבְרֹן).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.(n pr m) a judge of israel in the time of the judges; perhaps the same as 'bedan'
• 2.a benjamite, son of shashak
• 3.a gibeonite, son of jehiel and a grandson of gideon
• 4.son of micah in the time of king josiah of judah; also 'achbor'
• 5.(n pr loc) a city in asher allotted to the gershonite levites; located 10 miles (16 km) north of accho; modern 'abdeh'

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʻAbdôwn; Pronunciation: ab-dohn'

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