Lexical Definition

‎עַבְדִּי‎ ʻAbdîy (ab-dee') Abdi ^N:N-M-P
from ‎עָבַד‎; serviceable

Abdi.

• § Abdi = "servant of Jehovah"
• Abdi, the name of two Israelites

1) a Merarite Levite and ancestor of Ethan the singer
2) a Merarite Levite, father of Kish, in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah
3) one of the family of Elam who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עַבְדִּי‎ proper name, masculine (= ‎עֹבַדְיָה‎ servant of Yah; see however, Gray^{Prop. N. 149 ff.} and compare Old Aramaic ‎עבדו‎, Nabataean, Palmyrene ‎עבדי‎ Lzb^{333, 334} Cook⁸⁷); —

1. a Levite 1Chr 6:29*; 2Chr 29:12 ᵐ5 Αβδ(ε)ι, ᵐ5^L 1 Chronicles Αβδια.

2. one with a foreign wife Ezra 10:26 ᵐ5 Αβδε(ι)α.

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