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עַבְדִּי

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Abdi

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.26 § 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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

עַבְדִּי proper name, masculine (= עֹבַדְיָה servant of Yah; see however, Gray^{Prop. N. 149 ff.} and compare Old Aramaic עבדו, Nabataean, Palmyrene עבדי Lzb^{333, 334} Cook⁸⁷); —

1. a Levite 1Chr 6:29; 2Chr 29:12 ᵐ5 Αβδ(ε)ι, ᵐ5^L 1 Chronicles Αβδια.

2. one with a foreign wife Ezra 10:26 ᵐ5 Αβδε(ι)α.

1 occurrence

Ezra 10:26