BDB10
אַבְדָ֑ן, & אָבְדַן (construct) noun [masculine] destruction (Syriac [untranscribed source text 3]) Esth 9:5 (׳ מַכַּתחֶֿרֶב וְהֶרֶג וְא), Esth 8:6 (on form see BeRy; Ol§ 215 b. 1 BaNB 49, 487).
Strong's Lexicon
H12
H12 — אַבדָּן
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H12 |
|---|---|
| Word: | אַבדָּן |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from H6 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | abdan |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ab-dawn' |
| Meaning: | 1. a perishing |
| KJV Renderings: | destruction. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
אבדן (ov-dan’)
Concordance entry
- EHCC: [Const. of [צְבְדֶן . Est. 8: יסמ.6 can I endure to see the destruction cf