# H41 אֲבִינָדָב

אֲבִינָדָב (ʼĂbîynâdâb), Strong’s H41: Abinadab, the name of four Israelites KJV: Abinadab.. Occurs 12 times.

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*ʼĂbîynâdâb* — Abinadab, the name of four Israelites

KJV: Abinadab.

Built from [אָב ʼâb](https://besorah.bible/word/H1) (father) + [נָדַב nâdab](https://besorah.bible/word/H5068) (to impel) — means “father of generosity (i.e. liberal)”

Occurs 12 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֲבִינָדָב n.pr.m. (my father is noble)
- 1 a man of Gibeah, in whose house the ark tarried
- 2 a son of Jesse
- 3 a son of Saul

## Where it occurs
- [1 Samuel 7:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/7?v=1) — The men of Kiriath Jearim came and took the LORD’s ark, and brought it into Abinadab’s house on the hill, and…
- [1 Samuel 16:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/16?v=8) — Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, “The LORD has not chosen this one, either.”
- [1 Samuel 17:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/17?v=13) — The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle; and the names of his three sons who went to the…
- [1 Samuel 31:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/31?v=2) — The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of…
- [2 Samuel 6:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/6?v=3) — They set God’s ark on a new cart, and brought it out of Abinadab’s house that was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the…
- [2 Samuel 6:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/6?v=4) — They brought it out of Abinadab’s house which was in the hill, with God’s ark; and Ahio went before the ark.
- [1 Chronicles 2:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/2?v=13) — and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
- [1 Chronicles 8:33](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/8?v=33) — Ner became the father of Kish. Kish became the father of Saul. Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchishua…
- [1 Chronicles 9:39](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/9?v=39) — Ner became the father of Kish. Kish became the father of Saul. Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchishua…
- [1 Chronicles 10:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/10?v=2) — The Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and…