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Abda in Wikipedia

servant, or perhaps an abbreviated form of servant of YHWH[1] (1.) The father of Adoniram, whom Solomon set over the tribute (1 Kings 4:6); i.e., the forced labour (R.V., "levy"). (2.) A Levite of the family of Jeduthun (Nehemiah 11:17), also called Obadiah (1 Chronicles 9:16)....

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Abda in Naves Topical Bible

Father of Adoniram 1Ki 4:6...

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Abda in Smiths Bible Dictionary

1. Father of Adoniram. 1Ki 4:6 2. Son of Shammua, Ne 11:17 called Obadiah in 1Ch 9:16...

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Abda in Easton's Bible Dictionary

servant. (1.) The father of Adoniram, whom Solomon set over the tribute (1 Kings 4:6); i.e., the forced labour (R.V., "levy"). (2.) A Levite of the family of Jeduthun (Neh. 11:17), also called Obadiah (1 Chr. 9:16)....

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Abda in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("a servant".) 1. 1 Kings 4:6. 2. Nehemiah 11:17; the Obadiah of 1 Chronicles 9:16, "the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer."...

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Abda in Hitchcock's Bible Names

a servant; servitude...

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Abda Scripture - Nehemiah 11:17

And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, [was] the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun....

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Abda Scripture - 1 Kings 4:6

And Ahishar [was] over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda [was] over the tribute....

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Abda in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ab'-da (`abhda', perhaps, by abbreviation, "servant of Yahweh"): (1) The father of Adoniram, King Solomon's superintendent of forced labor (1 Ki 4:6). (2) A Levite mentioned in the statistical note in Neh (11:17). This "Abda the son of Shammua" is in the partly duplicate passage in 1 Ch (9:16) called "Obadiah the son of Shemaiah."...

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