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Abida
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Abida
Identity
- Name meaning
- father of knowledge (Heb. av-yada)
Family
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Era & origin
- Era
- c. 2000–1900 BC (grandson of Abraham)
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Role
- Role
- Son of Midian · Grandson of Abraham by Keturah
- Notable for
- Abida appears twice in scripture — Genesis 25:4 and 1 Chronicles 1:33 — both times in genealogical lists as one of the five sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah.
Scripture
- First mention
- Genesis 25
- Most cited
- 1 Chronicles 1
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Abida appears twice in scripture — Genesis 25:4 and 1 Chronicles 1:33 — both times in genealogical lists as one of the five sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. Midian himself was a son of Abraham by Keturah, the wife Abraham married after Sarah's death. Abida is therefore Abraham's grandson, one of the patriarch's many descendants by his second family.
His Hebrew name means father of knowledge. Nothing further is recorded of him in scripture. The Midianites — descendants of his father — became one of the recurring peoples of the Old Testament narrative, neighbors and sometimes enemies of Israel from the wilderness wanderings (Numbers 22–25, 31) to the days of Gideon (Judges 6–8).
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