Hebrew word · H28

אֲבִידָע

va'avida'

Abida

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the Midianites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.4;

son of: Midian (H4080);

brother of: Ephah (H5891), Epher (H6081), Hanoch (H2585I) and Eldaah (H0420)

§ Abida or Abidah = "my father knows"

fourth son of Midian and grandson of Abraham by his wife Keturah (after Sarah died)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 1

  1. Genesis 25:4 וַאֲבִידָ֖ע and Abida

    The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:33 וַאֲבִידָ֖ע and Abida

    The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All of these were Keturah’s sons.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.