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(Hebrews id. òֶáֶã , servant [q.v.], i.e., of God; comp. Abda), the name of two men.
1. (Many MSS., and the Syr. and Arab. Versions, have òáø , Eber; Sept. É᾿ùâήë ; Alexand. MS. ÁâÝä ; Vulg. Ebed and Obed.) The father of Gaal (q.v.), who headed the insurgents at Shechem against Abimelech, tyrant judge of the Israelites (Jdg_9:26-35). B.C. ante 1321.
2. (Sept.
Ùâßè
v. r.
Ùâήí
, Vulgate Abed.) Son of Jonathan, and family- head of the lineage of Adin; he returned with 50 males from the captivity (Ezr_8:6). B.C. 459.