Hebrew word · H5653

עַבְדָּא

'avda'

Abda

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

What it means

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.4.6;

father of: Adoram (H0151)

§ Abda = "servant of Jehovah"

1) father of Adoniram

2) a Levite, son of Shammua; also called 'Obadiah'

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 Kings · 1

  1. 1 Kings 4:6 עַבְדָּ֖א Abda

    Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.

Nehemiah · 1

  1. Nehemiah 11:17 וְעַבְדָּא֙ and Abda

    Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

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