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title: עַבְדּוֹן — Abdon. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַבְדּוֹן (5658), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Abdon. Compare. BDB 1906: n.pr. n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַבְדּוֹן

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«עַבְדּוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Abdon. Compare** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 5658 · **BDB:** עַבְדּוֹן

### Glosses

Abdon (4); \[was\].Abdon (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Abdon. Compare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5658/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5658/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. I. n.pr.m. a judge Ju 12:13, 15, 𝔊 Αβδων, A 𝔊L Λαβδω(μ); (Ew cp. בְּדָן 1 S 12:11, but read בָּרָק, v. בְּדָן supr.). a Benjamite 1 Ch 8:23, 𝔊 Αβαδων, A 𝔊L Αβδων. son of Jehiel a Gibeonite 1 Ch 8:30; 9:36; 𝔊 Αβαλων, Σαβαδων, A Αβδων, Σαβδων, 𝔊L Αβδων. son of Micah 2 Ch 34:20, 𝔊 Αβδοδομ, A 𝔊L Αβδων (= עַכְבּוֹר 2 K 22:12). II. n.pr.loc. Levitical city in Asher Jos 21:30; 1 Ch 6:59, 𝔊 Δαββων, Αβαραν, A 𝔊L Αβδων (20 Codd. read עַבְדֹּן Jos 19:28 for עֶבְרֹן), ʿAbde, Guérin Gal 2:37 cf. BuhlGeogr. 230.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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 «עַבְדּוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5658/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 8:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.23/)

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וְעַבְדּ֥וֹן וְזִכְרִ֖י וְחָנָֽן׃

*Word for word:* and Abdon and Zikri and Hanan

*JPS 1917:* and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan;

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[Judges 12:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.12.13/)

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וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט אַחֲרָ֖יו אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עַבְדּ֥וֹן בֶּן־הִלֵּ֖ל הַפִּרְעָתוֹנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.judged after him (et) Israel Abdon the.son of.Hillel the Pirathonite

*JPS 1917:* And after him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.

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