אֲבִידָן
ʼĂbîydân · ab-ee-dawn'
Abidan, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1 (אָב) and H1777 (דִּין); father of judgment (i.e. judge);
Abidan, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Abidan.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the house, what is within › the hand that works › the doorway, the way in › the seed, life continuing
Strength, the leader of the house, what is within of the hand that works of the doorway, the way in of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲבִידָן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- abidan2 · 40%
- shall be abidan1 · 20%
- of abidan1 · 20%
- was abidan1 · 20%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.