Word Study · Strong's H5658 · Hebrew
עַבְדוֹן
Abdon
ab-dohn'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻAbdôwn
“Abdon, the name of a place in Palestine and of four Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Abdon, the name of a place in Palestine and of four Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Abdon. Compare H5683 (עֶבְרֹן).
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- עַבְדּ֖וֹן2
- עַבְדּ֥וֹן2
- עַבְדּ֑וֹן2
- וְעַבְדּ֥וֹן1
- עַבְדּ֨וֹן1
How it is rendered · 3
- Abdon6
- [was] Abdon1
- and Abdon1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)5
- proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 5
- HNpl · 2
- HC/Npm · 1
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Chronicles carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Joshua1 occurrence
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 12:13עַבְדּ֥וֹןavdonproper noun (a name)After Elon, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, judged Israel.here: Abdon
- Judges 12:15עַבְדּ֥וֹןavdonproper noun (a name)Then Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, died, and he was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.here: Abdon
1 Chronicles4 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 6:74עַבְדּ֖וֹןavdonproper noun (a name)From the tribe of Asher they were given Mashal, Abdon,here: Abdon
- 1 Chronicles 8:23וְעַבְדּ֥וֹןveavdonconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Abdon, Zichri, Hanan,here: and Abdon
- 1 Chronicles 8:30עַבְדּ֑וֹןavdonproper noun (a name)and Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,here: Abdon
- 1 Chronicles 9:36עַבְדּ֑וֹןavdonproper noun (a name)Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,here: [was] Abdon