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Abida

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Easton's 1897Smith's 1884ISBE 19152 verse references

Easton's 1897

Or Abi’dah, father of knowledge; knowing, one of the five sons of Midian, who was the son of Abraham by Keturah (1 Chr. 1:33), and apparently the chief of an Arab tribe.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain

Smith's 1884

(father of knowledge), a son of Midian. (Genesis 25:4; 1 Chronicles 1:33)

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · public domain

ISBE 1915

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915). Where it reports or adopts critical theories, those are the views of its writers or the scholars they cite; Gospel Companion holds the historic Christian view of Scripture.

a-bi'-da ('abhidha`, "father of knowledge," or "my father knows"): A son of Midian and grandson of Abraham and Keturah (Ge 25:4; 1Ch 1:33). Abidah in the King James Version in Gen.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

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