Abda
(Heb. Abda’, [a Chaldaizing form], the servant, i.e. of God), the name of two men.
1. (Sept. .) The father of Adoniram, which latter was an officer under Solomon (1Ki 4:6). B.C. ante 995.
2. (Sept. .) The son of Shammua and a Levite of the family of Jeduthun, resident in Jerusalem after the exile (Neh 11:17); elsewhere called OBADIAH SEE OBADIAH (q.v.), the son of Shemaiah (1Ch 9:16).
Abdas, a Persian bishop during the reign of Yezdegird (or Isdegerdes), King of Persia, under whom the Christians enjoyed the free exercise of their religion. Abdas, filled with ill-directed zeal, destroyed (A.D. 414) one of the temples of the fire-worshippers; and being ordered by the monarch to rebuild the temple, refused to do so, although warned that, if he persisted, the Christian temples would be destroyed. Yezdegird put the bishop to death, and ordered the total destruction of all the Christian churches in his dominions; upon which followed a bitter persecution of the Christians, which lasted thirty years, and was the occasion of war between Persia and the Roman empire. In the Romish and Greek Churches he is commemorated as a saint on May 16. See Socrat. Ch. Hist. 7:18; Neander, Ch. Hist. 2:110; Theod. Hist. Eccl. v. 39; Butler, Lives of Saints, May 16.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Abda
servant. (1.) The father of Adoniram, whom Solomon set over the tribute (1 Kings 4:6); i.e., the forced labour (R.V., “levy”).
(2.) A Levite of the family of Jeduthun (Neh. 11:17), also called Obadiah (1 Chr. 9:16).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Abda
(“a servant”.) 1. 1Ki 4:6.
2. Neh 11:17; the Obadiah of 1Ch 9:16, “the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer.”
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Abda
ABDA (servant, sc. of the Lord).1. Father of Adoniram, master of Solomons forced levy (1Ki 4:6) 2. A Levite (Neh 11:17); called Obadiah in 1Ch 9:16.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Abda
abda , (abhda), perhaps, by abbreviation, servant of Yahweh): (1) The father of Adoniram, King Solomon’s superintendent of forced labor (1Ki 4:6). (2) A Levite mentioned in the statistical note in Neh (Rom 11:17). This Abda the son of Shammua is in the partly duplicate passage in 1 Ch (Rom 9:16) called Obadiah the son of Shemaiah.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Abda
[Ab’da]
1. Father of Adoniram. 1Ki 4:6.
2. Son of Shammua. Neh 11:17: apparently called OBADIAH the Son of Shemaiah in 1Ch 9:16.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Abda
H5653
Father of Adoniram.
1Ki 4:6
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Abda
Ab’da.
1. Father of Adoniram. 1Ki 4:6.
2. Son of Shammua, Neh 11:17 called Obadiah in 1Ch 9:16.