Abdi

ABDI ab'-di (`abhdi, probably by abbreviation "servant of Yahweh"):



A Levite, father of Kishi and grandfather of King David's singer Ethan (1 Chronicles 6:44; compare 1 Chronicles 15:17). This makes Abdi a contemporary of Saul the king.

A Levite, father of the Kish who was in service at the beginning of the reign of Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 29:12). Some mistakenly identify this Abdi with the former.

A man who in  Ezra's time had married a foreign wife (Ezra 10:26). Not a Levite, but "of the sons of Elam."



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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ABDI'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.