Abida

Easton's Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 1:33

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Genesis 25:4  ; 1 Chronicles 1:33 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

Genesis 25:4 1 Chronicles 1:33

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ABIDA (‘father hath knowledge’). A son of Midian ( Genesis 25:4 , 1 Chronicles 1:33 ).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Abi'da. (father of knowledge). A son of Midian. Genesis 25:4  ; 1 Chronicles 1:33 .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

a -bı̄´da ( אבידע , 'ăbhı̄dhā‛ , "father of knowledge," or "my father knows"): A son of Midian and grandson of Abraham and Keturah ( Genesis 25:4  ; 1 Chronicles 1:33 ). Abidah in the King James Version in Gen.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

[many Abi'da] (Heb. Abida', אֲבַידָע , father of knowledge, i.e. knowing; 1 Chronicles 1:33 , Sept.' Αβιδά  ; Genesis 25:4 , ‘Αβειδά , Auth. Vers. "Abidah", the fourth of the five sons of Midian, the son of Abraham by Keturah ( Genesis 25:1  ; 1 Chronicles 1:33 ), and apparently the head of a tribe in the peninsula of Arabia, B.C. post 2000. (See Arabia). Josephus (Ant. 1:15, 1) calls him Ebidas ( ‘Εβιδᾶς ) . For the city Abida, (See Abila).