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title: עַבְדָּא — Abda · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַבְדָּא (5653), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Abda. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַבְדָּא

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«עַבְדָּא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Abda** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 5653 · **BDB:** עַבְדָּא

### Glosses

Abda (1); of.Abda (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Abda [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5653/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5653/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (servant of י׳ (= עֹבַדְיָה 1 Ch 9:16 = Ne 11:17), but form dub., v. 𝔊);— father of Adoniram 1 K 4:6; 𝔊 Εφρα, A Αβαω,𝔊L Εδραμ. a Levite Ne 11:17; 𝔊 Ωβηβ, A Ιωβηβ, 𝔊L Αβδιας.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַבְדָּא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5653/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 4:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.4.6/)

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וַאֲחִישָׁ֖ר עַל־הַבָּ֑יִת וַאֲדֹנִירָ֥ם בֶּן־עַבְדָּ֖א עַל־הַמַּֽס׃ס

*Word for word:* and Ahishar \[was\].over the house and Adoniram the.son of.Abda \[was\].over the.forced labor

*JPS 1917:* and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy.

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[Nehemiah 11:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.17/)

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וּמַתַּנְיָ֣ה בֶן־מִ֠יכָה בֶּן־זַבְדִּ֨י בֶן־אָסָ֜ף רֹ֗אשׁ הַתְּחִלָּה֙ יְהוֹדֶ֣ה לַתְּפִלָּ֔ה וּבַקְבֻּקְיָ֖ה מִשְׁנֶ֣ה מֵאֶחָ֑יו וְעַבְדָּא֙ בֶּן־שַׁמּ֔וּעַ בֶּן־גָּלָ֖ל בֶּן־יְדוּתֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* and Mattaniah the.son of.Micah the.son of.Zabdi the.son of.Asaph the.leader of the.beginning he.gave.thanks to the prayer and Bakbukiah \[the\].second of brothers his and Abda the.son of.Shammua the.son of.Galal the.son Jeduthun

*JPS 1917:* and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chief 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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