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(Heb. Abdi',
òְְáãַּé
, my servant; or, according to Gesenius, for
òáְַãַּéָּä
, servant of Jehovah; but, according to Furst, properly
òְְáãּéְ
, bondman), the name of three men.
1. (Sept.
Á᾿âäß
v. r.
Á᾿âáú
v.) A Levite. grandfather of one Ethan, which latter lived in the time of David (1Ch_6:44). B.C. considerably ante 1014.2. (Sept. Á᾿âäß .) A Levite, father of one Kish (different from Kishi, a son of the preceding), which latter assisted in the reformation under Hezekiah (2Ch_29:12). B.C. ante 726.
3. (Sept. Á᾿âäßá .) An Israelite of the “sons” of Elam, who divorced his Gentile wife after the return from Babylon (Ezr_10:26), B.C. 459.