Abdi

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Abdi is the name of two or three men in the Hebrew Bible. Abdi is also an Arabic name meaning severant of god,


  • In 1 Chronicles 6:44 Abdi is the son of Malluch and the father of Kishi. He is a Levite of the family of Merari.
  • In 2 Chronicles 29:12 Abdi is a Levite in the time of King Hezekiah of Judah. This may be the same man as in 1 Chronicles 6:44.
  • In Ezra 10:26 Abdi is the son of Elam, and one of a long list of men who had married foreign wives, and who then sent them away together with their children.
  • Abdi is a shortened Muslim name. In long format it could be written as Abdi-Rahman, Abdi-Nasir, Abdi-Nuur, Abdi-Karim and etc. Usually Abdi is attached to one of God's name which intertern will transform the meaning. Abdi-Nuur for example would mean the servant of light.
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