Senses
1. Abdon (personal/place name) — The proper noun Abdon, designating: (1) the judge who ruled Israel for eight years (Judg 12:13-15), (2) a Benjaminite ancestor of Saul (1 Chr 8:23), (3) the son of Micah sent by King Josiah (2 Chr 34:20), and (4) a Levitical city in Asher (Josh 21:30; 1 Chr 6:59). All 8 occurrences share the same proper noun, differing only in whether the conjunction waw ('and') is prefixed. Multilingual evidence is uniform: eng 'Abdon / and Abdon', spa 'Abdón / Y Abdón', arb 'عَبْدُونَ / وَعَبْدُون', kor '압돈 / 그 와 압돈', swa 'Abdoni / Na Abdoni', hin 'अब्दोन / और अब्दोन'. 8×
AR["عَبدون","عَبدونُ","عَبْدُون","عَبْدُونَ","وَعَبْدُون"]·ben["অব্দোন","অব্দোনকে","আবদোন","আব্দোন","ও-অব্দোন"]·DE["Abdon","[ועבדון]","[עבדון]"]·EN["Abdon","Avdon","and-Avdon"]·FR["Abdon","[ועבדון]","[עבדון]"]·heb["ו-עבדון","עבדון"]·HI["अब्दोन","अब्दोनने","और-अब्दोन"]·ID["Abdon","Dan-Abdon"]·IT["Abdon","e-Abdon"]·jav["Abdon","lan-Abdon"]·KO["그-와-압돈","악돈을","악봤을","압돈","압돈이"]·PT["'Avdon","Avdon","Avdón","e-Avdon"]·RU["Авдон","Авдону","и-Авдон"]·ES["Abdon","Abdón","Y-Abdón"]·SW["Abdoni","Na-Abdoni","abdּwon"]·TR["Avdon","Avdon'a","Avdon'u","Ve-Avdon"]·urd["اور-عبدون","عبدون","عبدون-نے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† עַבְדּוֹן n.pr. I. n.pr.m. 1. a judge Ju 12:13, 15, 𝔊 Αβδων, A 𝔊L Λαβδω(μ); (Ew cp. בְּדָן 1 S 12:11, but read בָּרָק, v. בְּדָן supr.). 2. a Benjamite 1 Ch 8:23, 𝔊 Αβαδων, A 𝔊L Αβδων. 3. son of Jehiel a Gibeonite 1 Ch 8:30; 9:36; 𝔊 Αβαλων, Σαβαδων, A Αβδων, Σαβδων, 𝔊L Αβδων. 4. son of Micah 2 Ch 34:20, 𝔊 Αβδοδομ, A 𝔊L Αβδων (= עַכְבּוֹר 2 K 22:12). II. n.pr.loc. Levitical city in Asher…