Abdon
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Hebrew עבדון (abdon, “servant”). Compare Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd) (as in Abdullah), which also means servant.
Proper noun[edit]
Abdon (countable and uncountable, plural Abdons)
- The tenth judge of Israel. (biblical character)
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 12:13-14:
- And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
- (rare) A male given name from Hebrew.
Translations[edit]
biblical judge of Israel
Etymology 2[edit]
The placename is from the Old English personal name Abba + tūn (“settlement”). The surname is habitational from the village in Shropshire, but it is also borrowed from Spanish Abdón. The surname is mostly found in the Philippines.
Proper noun[edit]
Abdon (countable and uncountable, plural Abdons)
- A village in Abdon and Heath parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO576863).
- A surname.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Abdon is the 35489th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 634 individuals. Abdon is most common among White (50.79%), Asian/Pacific Islander (23.03%) and Hispanic/Latino (14.35%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Abdon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.
Anagrams[edit]
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Abdon m anim
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abdon
Declension[edit]
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Abdon m pers
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abdon
Declension[edit]
Declension of Abdon
Further reading[edit]
- Abdon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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