This article incorporates text from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), a publication now in the public domain.
Abda - servant, or perhaps an abbreviated form of servant of YHWH[1] (1.) The father of Adoniram, whom Solomon set over the tribute (1 Kings 4:6); i.e., the forced labour (R.V., "levy").
(2.) A Levite of the family of Jeduthun (Nehemiah 11:17), also called Obadiah (1 Chronicles 9:16).