Hebrew word · H41

אֲבִינָדָב

'avinadav

Abinadab

Appears 12 times in 11 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.7.1;

father of: Eleazar (H0499H), Uzzah (H5798A), Ahio (H0283)

§ Abinadab = "my father is noble" or "my father is willing"

1) a man of Gibeah who sheltered the ark

2) second son of Jesse, David's older brother

3) a son of Saul, slain with him by the Philistines

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

1 Samuel · 4

  1. 1 Samuel 7:1 אֲבִינָדָ֖ב Abinadab

    Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.

  2. 1 Samuel 16:8 אֲבִ֣ינָדָ֔ב Abinadab

    Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel, who said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”

  3. 1 Samuel 17:13 אֲבִ֣ינָדָ֔ב [was] Abinadab

    The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.

  4. 1 Samuel 31:2 אֲבִינָדָ֛ב Abinadab

    The Philistines hotly pursued Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.

2 Samuel · 3

  1. 2 Samuel 6:3 אֲבִינָדָ֖ב אֲבִ֣ינָדָ֔ב Abinadab

    They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart,

  2. 2 Samuel 6:4 אֲבִֽינָדָב֙ Abinadab

    bringing with it the ark of God. And Ahio was walking in front of the ark.

1 Chronicles · 5

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:13 וַאֲבִינָדָב֙ and Abinadab

    Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,

  2. 1 Chronicles 8:33 אֲבִֽינָדָ֖ב Abinadab

    Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

  3. 1 Chronicles 9:39 אֲבִינָדָ֖ב Abinadab

    Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

  4. 1 Chronicles 10:2 אֲבִינָדָ֛ב Abinadab

    The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.

  5. 1 Chronicles 13:7 אֲבִינָדָ֑ב Abinadab

    So they carried the ark of God from the house of Abinadab on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding the cart.

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