Abdon

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Abdon

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From Hebrew עבדון (abdon, “servant”). Compare Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd) (as in Abdullah), which also means servant.

Abdon (countable and uncountable, plural Abdons)

1. 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.

2. (rare) A male given name from Hebrew.

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.

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Abdon, Shropshire

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Abdon (countable and uncountable, plural Abdons)

1. A village in Abdon and Heath parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO576863).
2. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Abdon is the 35489^th 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.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Abdon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

• Badon, Danbo, bando

• IPA^(key):

Abdon m anim

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abdon

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Abdon

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Borrowed from Hebrew עבדון.

• IPA^(key): /ˈab.dɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -abdɔn
• Syllabification: Ab‧don

Abdon m pers

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abdon

• Abdon in Polish dictionaries at PWN