עַבְדוֹן Abdon
Every verse in which this name stands — 8 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.
Strong's records this name for a place in Palestine and of four Israelites. The name stands eight times in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 21:30 and last at 2 Chronicles 34:20.
וּמִמַּטֵּה אָשֵׁר אֶת־מִשְׁאָל וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁהָ אֶת־עַבְדּוֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ
And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with the open land about it, Abdon with the open land about it;
וַיִּשְׁפֹּט אַחֲרָיו אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל עַבְדּוֹן בֶּן־הִלֵּל הַפִּרְעָתוֹנִֽי
And after him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
וַיָּמָת עַבְדּוֹן בֶּן־הִלֵּל הַפִּרְעָתוֹנִי וַיִּקָּבֵר בְּפִרְעָתוֹן בְּאֶרֶץ אֶפְרַיִם בְּהַר הָעֲמָלֵקִֽי
And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekites.
וּמִמַּטֵּה אָשֵׁר אֶת־מָשָׁל וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁיהָ וְאֶת־עַבְדּוֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁיהָ
and out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with the open land about it, and Abdon with the open land about it;
וְעַבְדּוֹן וְזִכְרִי וְחָנָֽן
and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan;
וּבְנוֹ הַבְּכוֹר עַבְדּוֹן וְצוּר וְקִישׁ וּבַעַל וְנָדָֽב
and his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab;
וּבְנוֹ הַבְּכוֹר עַבְדּוֹן וְצוּר וְקִישׁ וּבַעַל וְנֵר וְנָדָֽב
and his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab;
וַיְצַו הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת־חִלְקִיָּהוּ וְאֶת־אֲחִיקָם בֶּן־שָׁפָן וְאֶת־עַבְדּוֹן בֶּן־מִיכָה וְאֵת שָׁפָן הַסּוֹפֵר וְאֵת עֲשָׂיָה עֶֽבֶד־הַמֶּלֶךְ לֵאמֹֽר
And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying:
Quick answers
What is the gematria of Abdon?
Abdon — עבדון in Hebrew — has a gematria of 132 in the standard method.
How many times is Abdon named in the Tanakh?
8 times, first at Joshua 21:30.
A spelling is not a name. The written word עבדון stands 7 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.
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