ʿbd

Central Semitic, to serve, work; noun *ʿabd-, servant, slave.

1. Obadiah, from Hebrew ʿōbadyāh, servant of Yahweh, from ʿōbad, alternate form of ʿebed, servant, slave.

2. Abednego, from Hebrew ʿăbēd-nəgô, probably alteration of ʿăbēd-nəbô, servant of Nabu, from ʿăbēd, alternate form of ʿebed, servant (nəbô, Nabu, from Akkadian nabû).

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