עַבְדּוֹן
av.don
Abdon
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Abdon: A Biblical Place Name Based on the lexical data provided, Abdon (Hebrew: עַבְדוֹן) is a proper noun that appears twice in the biblical text. The lemma is classified as a place name rather than a common word with semantic range, which means it functioned as a geographical designation rather than a term with multiple meanings. The minimal occurrence count—only two instances in the entire Bible—indicates that Abdon was a location of limited narrative prominence. Without access to the specific passages where these occurrences appear, the data provided does not reveal which region of ancient Israel or the Levant this place occupied, what its significance was to biblical events, or why it received such limited textual mention compared to major cities. For a general audience, Abdon exemplifies how biblical texts preserve the names of many places that played minor roles in the recorded narratives. Its status as a proper noun with exactly two biblical references places it among numerous geographical sites that, while real enough to be named, did not feature prominently in the stories ultimately preserved in Scripture.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
2 total occurrences across the text