Abdon

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Abdon is a minor biblical judge of Israel mentioned in the Book of Judges, known for his leadership and large family.

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Label Occurrences
Abdon canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical figure
judge of Israel
minor judge of Israel
associatedWith Pirathon in Ephraim
burialPlace Pirathon
burialRegion tribe of Ephraim
surface form: land of Ephraim

mount of the Amalekites
category Book of Judges people
Judges
surface form: Judges of Israel
chronologicalOrder twelfth judge of Israel
countryOfCitizenship Ancient Israel
surface form: ancient Israel
ethnicGroup Israelites
gender male
givenName Abdon self-link
governedOver Israel
hasFamilyCharacteristic large family
hasRole leader of Israel
languageOfName Hebrew
mentionedIn Judges
surface form: Book of Judges
nameMeaning service
servile
notableFor having many sons and grandsons
leadership of Israel
numberOfGrandsons 30
numberOfSons 40
positionHeld judge of Israel
precededBy Elon
religion ancient Israelite religion
rodeOn forty donkey colts
threescore ass colts
scripturalCanon Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible
surface form: Old Testament
sourceText Judges 12:13
Judges 12:14
sourceTradition Deuteronomistic history
succeededBy Samson
termInOffice eight years
timePeriod pre-monarchic period of Israel
tribalAffiliation tribe of Ephraim

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Judges featuresCharacter Abdon
subject surface form: Book of Judges
Abdon givenName Abdon self-link