Bible Names A-G

Abagtha in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

a-bag'-tha ('abhaghetha', perhaps meaning "fortunate one"): One of the seven eunuchs, or "chamberlains," of Xerxes mentioned in Est 1:10. The name is Persian, and is one of the many Persian marks in the Book of Esther....

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Abda in Naves Topical Bible

Father of Adoniram 1Ki 4:6...

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Abdeel in Naves Topical Bible

Father of Shelemiah Jer 36:26...

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Abdi in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(my servant). 1. A Merarite, and ancestor of Ethan the singer. 1Ch 6:44 (B.C. before 1015.) 2. The father of Kish, a Merarite, in the reign of Hezekiah. 2Ch 29:12 (B.C. before 736.) 3. One of the Bene-Elam in the time of Ezra, who had married a foreign wife. Ezr 10:26 (B.C. 659.)...

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Abdon in Easton's Bible Dictionary

servile. (1.) The son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, the tenth judge of Israel (Judg. 12:13-15). He is probably the Bedan of 1 Sam. 12:11. (2.) The first-born of Gibeon of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36). (3.) The son of Micah, one of those whom Josiah sent to the prophetess Huldah to ascertain from her the meaning of the recently ...

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Abednego in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

a-bed'-ne-go (Hebrew and Aramaic `abhedh neghgo; Dan 3:29, `abhedh negho'): According to many, the nego is an intentional corruption of Nebo, the name of a Babylonian god, arising from the desire of the Hebrew scribes to avoid the giving of a heathen name to a hero of their faith. The name, according to this view, would mean "servant of Nebo."...

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Abagtha in Naves Topical Bible

A Persian chamberlain Es 1:10...

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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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Abdeel in Smiths Bible Dictionary

father of Shelemiah. Jer 36:26...

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