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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #5653 - עַבְדָּא
Transliteration
ʻAbdâʼ
Phonetics
ab-daw'
Origin
from (H5647)
Parts of Speech
proper masculine noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Abda = "servant of Jehovah"
- father of Adoniram
- a Levite, son of Shammua; also called ´Obadiah´
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results

ASV (2)
1 Kings
1
Nehemiah
1
BSB (2)
1 Kings
1
Nehemiah
1
CSB (2)
1 Kings
1
Nehemiah
1
ESV (2)
1 Kings
1
Nehemiah
1
KJV (2)
1 Kings
1
Nehemiah
1
LEB (2)
1 Kings
1
Nehemiah
1
LSB (2)
1 Kings
1
Nehemiah
1
N95 (2)
1 Kings
1
Nehemiah
1
NAS (2)
1 Kings
1
Nehemiah
1
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (2)
1 Kings
1
Nehemiah
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
עַבְדָּא proper name, masculine ( servant of ׳י (= עֹבַדְיָה 1 Chronicles 9:16 = Nehemiah 11:17), but form dubious, see ᵐ5); —
1 father of adoniram 1 Kings 4:6; ᵐ5 Εφρα, A Αβαω, ᵐ5 L Εδραμ.
2 a Levite Nehemiah 11:17; ᵐ5 Ωβηβ, A Ιωβηβ, ᵐ5 L Αβδιας.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
עַבְדָּא (“servant, sc. of God,” a word of a Chaldee form), [Abda], pr.n. m.
(1) 1 Kings 4:6.
(2) Nehemiah 11:17 for which there is, 1 Chronicles 9:16, עֹבַדְיָה.
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List of Word Forms
וְעַבְדָּא֙ ועבדא עַבְדָּ֖א עבדא ‘aḇ·dā ‘aḇdā avDa veavDa wə‘aḇdā wə·‘aḇ·dā