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Abda meaning

Abda in Biblical Hebrew
עבדא
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🔼The name Abda: Summary

Meaning
Servant
Etymology
From the verb עבד ('abad), to work or serve.
Related names
• Via עבד ('abad): Abdeel, Abdi, Abdiel, Abdon, Abed-nego, Bedeiah, Ebed, Ebed-melech, Obadiah, Obed, Obed-edom

🔼The name Abda in the Bible

There are two men named Abda in the Bible:

  • There's one Abda, father of Adoniram, who was appointed chief over the forced laborers of Solomon (1 Kings 4:6).
  • Another Abda is a Levite and son of Shammua (Nehemiah 11:17). This Abda is either also known as Obadiah, or he has a brother named such (1 Chronicles 9:16).

🔼Etymology of the name Abda

The name Abda comes from the root עבד ('abad), meaning to be a servant or to serve:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
עבד

The verb עבד ('abad) means to work or serve, and the noun עבד ('ebed) denotes someone who works: from a slave to a hired expert. The Greek equivalent of this noun is δουλος (doulos).

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🔼Abda meaning

The name Abda means Servant. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names, NOBSE Study Bible Name List and BDB Theological Dictionary equate the name Abda with Obadiah and read Servant (Of God), but the of-God-part is not implied in the name Abda.