List of minor Hebrew Bible figures, A–K

This article contains persons named in the Bible, specifically in the Hebrew Bible, of minor notability, about whom little or nothing is known, aside from some family connections. Here are the names which start with A-K.

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Abagtha

Abagtha was a court official or eunuch of king Ahasuerus who was commanded along with 6 other officials to parade queen Vashti to go before the king.

Abda

The name Abda means servant, or perhaps is an abbreviated form of servant of YHWH. There are two people by this name in the Hebrew Bible.

An Abda mentioned in passing when Solomon set Adoniram son of Abda in charge of forced labor for Solomon's building projects.
A Levite of the family of Jeduthun, also called Obadiah. He was the son of Shammua and served in Jerusalem under Nehemiah.

Where the Masoretic Text has Abda, the Septuagint, depending on the location and manuscript, has names such as Abao, Ephra, Edram, Ioreb, Obeb, and ''Abdias.''

Abdeel

Abdeel is mentioned in as the father of Shelemiah, one of three men who were commanded by King Jehoiakim to seize the prophet Jeremiah and his secretary Baruch. The Septuagint omits the phrase "and Shelemiah son of Abdeel", probably a scribal error due to homoioteleuton.

Abdi

The name Abdi is probably an abbreviation of Obediah, meaning "servant of YHWH", according to the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Easton's Bible Encyclopedia, on the other hand, holds that it means "my servant". The name "Abdi" appears three times in forms of the Bible that are in use among Jews, Protestants, and Roman Catholics. There is also one additional appearance in 1 Esdras, considered canonical in Eastern Orthodox Churches.

: "And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch." This verse, in the King James Version and some other Bibles, is verse 44 of chapter 6.
. "Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah."
. "And of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah."
1 Esdras 9:27, where the name appears in the Hellenized form Oabdios. "Of the sons of Elam: Matthanias and Zacharias and Iezrielos and Obadios and Ieremoth and Elias."

According to Cheyne and Black, the two occurrences in the Books of Chronicles refer to a single individual, and the references in Ezra and 1 Esdras are to a second individual.

Abdiel

Abdiel was the son of [|Guni] and the father of [|Ahi] according to . He came from the tribe of Gad; A Gadite who lived in Gilead or in Bashan, and whose name was reckoned in genealogies of the time of Jotham, king of Judah, or of Jeroboam II king of Israel.

Abdon

Abdon is the name of four biblical individuals. It is a diminutive form of the name Ebed.

An Abdon in the book of Judges: see the article Abdon.
The first-born of Gibeon of the tribe of Benjamin, mentioned only in passing in genealogies.
Abdon the son of Micah. Josiah sent him, among others, to the prophetess Huldah, in order to discern the meaning of the recently rediscovered book of the law. He is referred to as Achbor in .
Abdon son of Sashak. He is only mentioned as a name in a genealogy.

In addition to its use as a personal name, the proper name "Abdon" is used for a Levitical city mentioned in and .

Abi

''See Abijah''

Abiah

''See Abijah''

Abialbon

See ''Abiel''

Abiasaph

Abiasaph was a son of Korah of the Tribe of Levi according to , born in Egypt. Ebiasaph is a spelling variation of Abiasaph.

Abida

Abida, Abidah or Abeida, a son of Midian and descendant of Abraham and Keturah, appears twice in the Bible, in and . The sons of Abraham's concubines were sent away to the east with gifts from Abraham. The father of Hudino, the great-grandfather of Jethro.

Abiel

Abiel was the name of two individuals mentioned in the Bible:

Son of Zeror, of the tribe of Benjamin, he was the grandfather of King Saul and of his commander Abner.
An Arbathite, one of King David's Warriors who was known for his bravery.
Abiezer

Abiezer or Abie-ezer or Abieezer is the name of three Biblical characters. The name means "My father is help". The characters are:

The second of the three sons of Hammoleketh, the sister of Gilead, also called Jeezer. He was the grandson of Manasseh. From his family Gideon sprang . In, Gideon describes his clan, the Abiezrites, as "the weakest in Manasseh".
One of King David's thirty warriors a Benjamite from Anathoth.
Abihail

Abihail may refer to one of five different people mentioned in the Bible:

Abihail the Levite lived during the time of the wandering of the Israelites in the wilderness. He was the head of the house of Merari and Levi's youngest son.
Abihail was the wife of Abishur of the tribe of Judah.
Abihail, from Gilead of Bashan, was head of the tribe of Gad.
Abihail was the daughter of David's brother Eliab. She was married to David's son Jerimoth and became mother of Rehoboam's wife Mahalath.
Abihail was the father of Queen Esther and uncle of Mordecai.
Abihud

Abihud was a figure mentioned in as the son of Bela the son of Benjamin. He is also called Ahihud. Another individual named Abihud is mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew as an ancestor of Jesus. But this Abihud is not listed in the Old Testament.

[|Abijah]

is the name of five minor biblical individuals:

Abijah, who married King Ahaz of Judah. She is also called Abi. Her father's name was Zechariah; she was the mother of King Hezekiah
A wife of Hezron, one of the grandchildren of Judah
A son of Becher, the son of Benjamin
The second son of Samuel. His conduct, along with that of his brother, as a judge in Beersheba, to which office his father had appointed him, led to popular discontent, and ultimately provoked the people to demand a monarchy.
A descendant of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, a chief of the eighth of the twenty-four orders into which the priesthood was divided by David and an ancestor of Zechariah, the priest who was the father of John the Baptist. The order of Abijah is listed with the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Joshua.

This name appeared on the Gezer Calendar, a Paleo-Hebrew inscription dating to the 9th or 10th Century BC, making it one of the earliest if not the earliest Yahwistic theophoric names outside the Bible.

Abimael

In, Abimael is the ninth of the 13 sons of Joktan, a descendant of Shem. He is also mentioned in. Abimael means "God is a father."

Abinadab

Abinadab refers to four biblical characters. Where the Hebrew text reads Avinadav, Greek manuscripts of the Septuagint read Aminadab or Abin. but Brenton's translation of the Septuagint reads "Abinadab".

A man of Kiriath-Jearim, in whose house on a hill the Ark of the Covenant was deposited after having been brought back from the land of the Philistines. "It is most likely that this Abinadab was a Levite". The ark remained in his care for twenty years, guarded by his son Eleazar, until it was at length removed by David.
The second of the eight sons of Jesse. He was with Saul in the campaign against the Philistines in which Goliath was slain.
One of Saul's sons, who perished with his father in the battle of Gilboa.
Abinoam

Abinoam was the father of Barak the partner of Deborah. He is mentioned in the following passages: and.

Abiram

Abiram was the firstborn of Hiel the Beth-elite mentioned in.

Abishua

Abishua was the name of 2 minor biblical individuals found in the Hebrew Bible.

Abishua, a High Priest of Israel, being the son of Phinehas and the father of Bukki. He is attested in several extra-biblical sources such as Flavius Josephus who suggested that Abishua succeeded his father as High Priest of Israel.
A Benjaminite. The son of Bela and the grandson of Benjamin the eponymous founder of the tribe of Benjamin.
Abishur

According to the Hebrew Bible, Abishur or Abishur ben Shammai was the spouse of Abihail, and the father of Molin and Ahban. He was directly from the tribe of Judah as the son of Shammai the son of Onam the great-great-grandson of Judah.

Abital

In 2 Samuel 3:4, Abital is minor biblical character in the book of Samuel and one of King David's wives. Abital gave birth to David's fifth son, Shephatiah, a minor biblical character.

Abitub

The name Abitub or Abitob appears only once in the Hebrew Bible, in , where it is used for a character said to be the son of Shaharaim, in a section on the descendants of Benjamin.

Achbor

Achbor is the name of 2 biblical individuals.

In the King Lists in the books of Genesis and 1 Chronicles Achbor is the father of Baal-hanan, a king of Edom, but is not actually listed as being king himself although some commentaries assume that he was. See ; .

In the Books of Kings

Son of Michaiah, is one of Josiah's officers, and one of the five men sent to the prophetess Huldah to inquire regarding the book of the law newly discovered in the Temple in Jerusalem. This Achbor is also called Abdon in

This may be the same Achbor who is mentioned as the father of Elnathan in the , and who lived in the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah.

Achsa

Achsa or Achsah, was the daughter of Caleb or Chelubai the son of Hezron of the Tribe of Judah. Though she is often identified as the Achsah the daughter of Caleb in the time of Joshua.