Abdon

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Etymology

From the Hebrew word עבדון (abdon, “servant”). Compare Arabic عبد (abd) in Abdullah, also meaning servant.

Proper noun

Abdon (countable and uncountable; plural Abdons)

1. (biblical) The tenth judge of Israel.
2. (rare) A male given name.

Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Judges 12:13-14:

  And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

Translations

biblical judge of Israel

• Dutch: Abdon (nl)
• Hebrew: אבדון (Abdon)

• Vilamovian: Abda

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Proper noun

Abdon m

1. A male given name, cognate to Abdon