ʻAbdîy — H5660

Definition

masculine proper noun

Abdi, the name of two Israelites

1. Abdi = "servant of Jehovah"
2. a Merarite Levite and ancestor of Ethan the singer
3. a Merarite Levite, father of Kish, in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah
4. one of the family of Elam who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Usually translated as

Abdi

Origin

from H5647; serviceable

• Derived from ʻâbad (H5647)

Occurrences

ʻAbdîy occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Ezra (1)

• 1 Chronicles 6:44 — And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi (עַבְדִּ֖י), the son of Malluch,
• 2 Chronicles 29:12 — Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi (עַבְדִּ֔י), and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
• Ezra 10:26 — And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi (וְעַבְדִּ֔י), and Jeremoth, and Eliah.