Abda (name)

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Abda / ˈʔapda / - עַבְדָּא , is a biblical / Hebrew name.

meaning

Servant (servant)

Mention in the Bible

The name Abda is mentioned:

as the father of Adoniram (1 Kings 4, 6), see Abda (father of Adoniram)
as son of Shammua (Neh 11, 17; 1 Chr 9, 16), see Abda (son of Shammua)

Name variants

(Neh 11,17): ( New Hebrew : ʿAbda, Tiberian system : ʿAbdā ')
(Neh 11,17): Elberfelder Bible (1871; 1905; 1985), Grünewalder Bible, Luther Bible (1545; 1912), New World Translation and Schlachter Bible (1951; 2000): Abda
(1 Chronicles 9:16): עֹבַדְיָה ( Modern Hebrew :'Owadja tiberisches system :'Ōḇaḏyâ) Good News Bible , hope for all , King James (1984): Abda
(1 Chr 9:16): Obadja

literature

Kurt Hennig (Hrsg.): Jerusalemer Bibel-Lexikon . Hänssler-Verlag, Neuhausen-Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-77512-367-9
Heinz Schumacher (Ed.): The names of the Bible and their meaning in German . 9th edition. Paulus-Verlag Karl Geyer, Heilbronn 1989, ISBN 3-87618-027-9