Bible Names

Abda: meaning of the name

Abda means “a servant; servitude.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Abda in Hebrew and Greek

עַבְדָּא H5653

ʻAbdâʼ (ab-daw') — Abda, the name of two Israelites

from H5647 (עָבַד); work;

Who named Abda in the Bible

Abda in Scripture

“Abda” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • 1 Kings 4:6

    And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.

  • Nehemiah 11:17

    And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.