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[many Abi'da] (Heb. Abida', àֲáַéãָò , father of knowledge, i.e. knowing; 1Ch_1:33, Sept.' ÁâéäÜ ; Gen_25:4, ‘ ÁâåéäÜ , Auth. Vers. “Abidah”, the fourth of the five sons of Midian, the son of Abraham by Keturah (Gen_25:1; 1Ch_1:33), and apparently the head of a tribe in the peninsula of Arabia, B.C. post 2000. SEE ARABIA. Josephus (Ant. 1:15, 1) calls him Ebidas (‘ Åâéäᾶò ). For the city Abida, SEE ABILA.
Abida
in Mongolian mythology, was a deity of the Kalmucks, that had much resemblance to Siva of India. Abida rules over the spirits of the dead, admits the virtuous into Paradise, and sends the bad back to the earth with other bodies. This deity lives in heaven, to which leads a path all of silver.