Definition

Abdon, the name of a place in Palestine and of four Israelites

Etymology

from H5647 (עָבַד); servitude;

Word family

• עָבַד ʻâbad

How the KJV renders it

• Abdon. Compare H5683 (עֶבְרֹן)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.