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Abdi
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Abdi: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
a Levite of Merari's clan; forefather of Ethan and Kish.
an Israelite descended from Elam who put away his heathen wife
my servant
an Israelite descended from Elam who put away his heathen wife
my servant
Hebrew
Strongs #05660: ydbe `Abdiy
Abdi = "servant of Jehovah"1) a Merarite Levite and ancestor of Ethan the singer
2) a Merarite Levite, father of Kish, in the time of king Hezekiah of
Judah
3) one of the family of Elam who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
5660 `Abdiy ab-dee'
from 5647; serviceable; Abdi, the name of twoIsraelites:-Abdi.
see HEBREW for 05647
Abdi [EBD]
my servant. (1.) 1 Chr. 6:44. (2.) 2 Chr. 29:12. (3.) Ezra 10:26.
Abdi [NAVE]
ABDI, father of Kish, 2 Chr. 29:12.ABDI [SMITH]
(my servant).- A Merarite, and ancestor of Ethan the singer. (1 Chronicles 6:44) (B.C. before 1015.)
- The father of Kish, a Merarite, in the reign of Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 29:12) (B.C. before 736.)
- One of the Bene-Elam in the time of Ezra, who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:26) (B.C. 659.)
ABDI [ISBE]
ABDI - ab'-di (`abhdi, probably by abbreviation "servant of Yahweh"): (1) A Levite, father of Kishi and grandfather of King David's singer Ethan (1 Ch 6:44; compare 15:17). This makes Abdi a contemporary of Saul the king. (2) A Levite, father of the Kish who was in service at the beginning of the reign of Hezekiah (2 Ch 29:12). Some mistakenly identify this Abdi with the former. (3) A man who in Ezra's time had married a foreign wife (Ezr 10:26). Not a Levite, but "of the sons of Elam."