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Strong H5658H5658Hעַבְדּוֹן

Abdon

One of the 5 senses of Strong H5658

Transliteration
‛abdôn
Pronunciation
ab-dohn'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.12.13;
son of: Hillel (H1985)

Meaning of the name

Abdon = "servile"

General definition

From H5647; servitude;
{Abdon} the name of a place in Palestine and of four Israelites: - Abdon. Compare H5683 .

In the biblical story

Abdon

A minor judge of Israel from Ephraim

Abdon, the son of Hillel the Pirathonite, was a minor Judge of Israel who led for eight years.

In the Bible

Strong H5658H appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • abdon2

First verses

  1. Judges 12:13
    And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
  2. Judges 12:15
    And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
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