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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - עַבְדֹון
עַבְדֹון
H5658
Transliteration: ʻAbdôwn
Pronunciation: ab-dohn'
Definition: Abdon
Original: עבדון Transliteration: ‛abdôn Phonetic: ab-dohn'
BDB Definition:
Abdon = "servile"- a judge of Israel in the time of the judges; perhaps the same as 'Bedan' (noun proper masculine)
- a Benjamite, son of Shashak (noun proper masculine)
- a Gibeonite, son of Jehiel and a grandson of Gideon (noun proper masculine)
- son of Micah in the time of king Josiah of Judah; also 'Achbor' (noun proper masculine)
- a city in Asher allotted to the Gershonite Levites; located 10 miles (16 kilometers) north of Accho; modern 'Abdeh' (noun proper locative)