Lexical Summary Abdon: four Israelites, also a Levitical city Original Word: עַבְדוֹןTransliteration: Abdon Phonetic Spelling: (ab-dohn') Part of Speech: proper name; proper name, masculine ; proper name, of a location; proper name, of a people; proper name, masculine or of a people; proper name, of a mountain Short Definition: four Israelites, also a Levitical city Meaning: Abdon -- four Israelites, also a Levitical city Strong's Concordance Abdon From abad; servitude; Abdon, the name of a place in Palestine and of four Israelites -- Abdon. Compare Ebron. see HEBREW abad see HEBREW Ebron Brown-Driver-Briggs H5658. Abdon עַבְדּוֺן proper name I. proper name, masculine 1. a judge Judges 12:13, 15, ᵐ5 Αβδων, A ᵐ5L Λαβδω(μ); (Ew compare בְּדָן 1 Samuel 12:11, but read בָּרָק, see בְּדָן above). 2 a Benjamite 1 Chronicles 8:23, ᵐ5 Αβαδων, A ᵐ5L Αβδων. 3 son of Jehiel a Gibeonite 1 Chronicles 8:30; 9:36; ᵐ5 Αβαλων, Σαβαδων, A Αβδων, Σαβδων, ᵐ5L Αβδων. 4 son of Micah2 Chronicles 34:20, ᵐ5 Αβδοδομ, A ᵐ5L Αβδων (= עַכְבּוֺר 2 Kings 22:12). II. proper name, of a location Levitical city in Asher Joshua 21:30; 1 Chronicles 6:59, ᵐ5 Δαββων, Αβαραν, A ᵐ5L Αβδων (20 Manuscripts read עַבְדֹּן Joshua 19:28 for עֶבְרֹן), `Abde, GuérinGal 2, 37 compare BuhlGeogr. 230. עוֺבָל, I. עֵיבָל proper name, of a people Arabian people, descended from Joktan according to Genesis 10:28 (ᵐ5L Γαιβαλ); = עֵיבָל 1 Chronicles 1:22 (ᵐ5L Ηβηλ). On location compare GlaserSkizze ii. 426. I. עֵיבָל see עוֺבָל above II. עֵיבָל proper name, masculine or of a people name in Edom, Genesis 36:23 (ᵐ5 Γαιβηλ), = 1 Chronicles 1:40 (ᵐ5 Γαιβηλ), A Γαοβηλ ᵐ5L Ουβαλ); according to GlaserSkizze ii. 426 possibly = foregoing (compare with name of (god) B¢l, WklGeschichte. Israel 120; Alttest. Unters. 117 f.). III. עֵיבָל proper name, of a mountain Ebal, the mountain of cursing, north of Shechem (Nabulus), and opposite Mt. Gerizim (mountain of blessing, south of Shechem), Deuteronomy 11:29, also Joshua 8:30, 33 (D); ᵐ5 Γαιβαλ (connection with above √ dubious; on בל = B¢l, compare GrayProp. N. 124 n., and references); — on Ebal see RobBR ii. 275 ff. GASmGeogr. Ch. vi. DiDeuteronomy 11:29 Drib. BdPal. (1898), 257. עבץ ( √ of following; meaning unknown). |
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