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Abiud meaning

Abiud in Biblical Greek
αβιουδ
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🔼The name Abiud: Summary

Meaning
My Father Is Majesty, Father Of Praise
Etymology
From (1) the noun אב ('ab), father, and (2) either the word הוד (hod), majesty, or ידה (yada), to praise.
Related names
• Via אב ('ab): Abba, Abi, Abi-albon, Abiasaph, Abiathar, Abida, Abidan, Abiel, Abiezer, Abigail, Abihail, Abihu, Abihud, Abijah, Abijam, Abimael, Abimelech, Abinadab, Abinoam, Abiram, Abishag, Abishai, Abishalom, Abishua, Abishur, Abital, Abitub, Abner, Abram, Absalom, Ahab, Atroth-beth-joab, Barabbas, Bebai, Ben-abinadab, Chileab, Eliab, Huram-abi, Jeshebeab, Joab, Job, Moab, Oholiab
• Via הוד (hod) and ידה (yada): Ahihud, Ammihud, Baale-judah, Ehud, Eliud, Hod, Hodaviah, Hodiah, Ishhod, Jaddai, Jedaiah, Jeduthun, Jehudi, Jehudijah, Jew, Judah, Judas, Jude, Judea, Judith, Ohad, Tidal, Vaniah, Yaudi

🔼The name Abiud in the Bible

The name Abiud occurs once in the Bible. The evangelist Matthew mentions him in the genealogy of Christ, as son of Zerubbabel and father of Eliakim (Matthew 1:13).

🔼Etymology of the name Abiud

The name Abiud is the Greek transliteration of the Hebrew name Abihud, and consists of two elements. The first part of our name comes from the familiar element אב ('ab), meaning father:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
אב

The noun אב ('ab) means father, but describes primarily a social relationship rather than a biological one. That social fatherhood was the defining quality of the community's alpha male, the one around whom all economy revolved and from whom emanated all instructions by which the 'sons' (בן, ben) operated. It's unclear where this word אב ('ab) comes from but the verb abu means to decide.

— See the full Dictionary article —

After the ab- part comes the letter י (yod), which results in the possessive form and אבי, which means my father, or father of.

The second part of our name derives from either of the words ידה (yada), meaning to praise, or הוד (hod), meaning majesty:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
הוד  ידה

The related verbs ידה (yada), to praise, and הוד (hod), to be worthy of praise, conjugate into such similar forms that it's often not clear which verb in which tense is used. From the verb ידה (yada), to praise, come:

  • The plural noun הידות (huyyedot), meaning songs of praise.
  • The noun תודה (toda), meaning confession or praise.

From the verb הוד (hod), meaning to be praise-worthy, comes the noun הוד (hod), meaning splendor, majesty, vigor, glory or honor.

— See the full Dictionary article —

🔼Abiud meaning

For a meaning of the name Abi(h)ud, NOBSE Study Bible Name List and BDB Theological Dictionary both take it from the noun הוד (hod). Hence BDB reads My Father Is Majesty and NOBSE has The Father Is Majesty.

Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names derives our name from the verb ידה (yada), and translates it with Father Of Praise.