# H5653 עַבְדָּא

עַבְדָּא (ʻAbdâʼ), Strong’s H5653: Abda, the name of two Israelites KJV: Abda. Occurs 2 times.

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*ʻAbdâʼ* — Abda, the name of two Israelites

KJV: Abda

Derived from [עָבַד ʻâbad](https://besorah.bible/word/H5647) (to work)

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עַבְדָּא n.pr.m. (servant of י׳)
- 1 father of Adoniram
- 2 a Levite

## Where it occurs
- [1 Kings 4:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/4?v=6) — Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.
- [Nehemiah 11:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/11?v=17) — and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chief to begin the thanksgiving in…