Every Name in Tanakh

אֲבִידָע Abida

Every verse in which this name stands — 2 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.

PersonGematria 87×2 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A son of Abraham by Keturah. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 25:4 and last at 1 Chronicles 1:33.

Genesis 25:4בראשית כה:ד

וּבְנֵי מִדְיָן עֵיפָה וָעֵפֶר וַחֲנֹךְ וַאֲבִידָע וְאֶלְדָּעָה כָּל־אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי קְטוּרָֽה

And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

1 Chronicles 1:33דברי הימים א א:לג

וּבְנֵי מִדְיָן עֵיפָה וָעֵפֶר וַחֲנוֹךְ וַאֲבִידָע וְאֶלְדָּעָה כָּל־אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי קְטוּרָֽה

And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Abida?

Abida — אבידע in Hebrew — has a gematria of 87 in the standard method.

How many times is Abida named in the Tanakh?

2 times, first at Genesis 25:4.

A spelling is not a name. The written word ואבידע stands 2 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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