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ABIDA

Specialty Definition: ABIDA

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Bible

Abida or Abi'dah, father of knowledge; knowing, one of the five sons of Midian, who was the son of Abraham by Keturah (1 Chr. 1:33), and apparently the chief of an Arab tribe. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Literature

Abida A god of the Kalmucks, who receives the souls of the dead at the moment of decease, and gives them permission to enter a new body, either human or not, and have another spell of life on earth. If the spirit is spotless it may, if it likes, rise and live in the air. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Abida

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Abida - or Abi'dah, father of knowledge; knowing, one of the five sons
of Midian, who was the son of Abraham by Keturah (1 Chr. 1:33),
and apparently the chief of an Arab tribe. From Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Abida."

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Crosswords: ABIDA

Non-English Usage: "ABIDA" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (absent, be away, be distinct, be free, be lacking, distant, missing, removed from).

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Usage Frequency: ABIDA

"ABIDA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ABIDA" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%3202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ABIDA

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

abida parveen

14

abida

3
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Bible Trace: ABIDA

LanguageDateSourceGenesis Chapter 25, Verse 4
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintUioi de madiam gaifa kai afer kai enwc kai abira kai elraga panteV outoi hsan uioi cettouraV
Latin405VulgateAt vero ex Madian ortus est Epha et Opher et Enoch et Abida et Eldaa omnes hii filii Cetthurae
Middle English1395WyclifAnd forsothe of Madian was sprongun Epha, and Epher, and Enoch, and Abida, and Eldaa; alle thes the sonys of Cethure.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd the sonnes of Midian were Epha Epher Hanoch Abida and Elda. All these were the childern of Bethura.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd from Midian came Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these were the offspring of Keturah.

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Matched Bible Translations: ABIDA

LanguageGenesis Chapter 25, Verse 4
CebuanoUg ang mga anak nga lalake ni Midiam, si Epha, ug si Epher, ug si Enech, ug si Abida, ug si Eldaa. Ngatanan kini sila maoy mga anak ni Cetura.
CroatianSinovi su Midjanovi: Efa, Efer, Hanok, Abida i Eldaa. Sve su to potomci Keturini.
DanishMidjans Sønner var Efa, Efer, Hanok, Abida og Elda'a. Alle disse var Keturas Sønner.
DutchEn de zonen van Midian waren Efa en Efer, en Henoch en Abida, en Eldaa. Deze allen waren zonen van Ketura.
FinnishJa Midianin pojat olivat Eefa, Eefer, Hanok, Abida ja Eldaa. Kaikki nämä ovat Keturan jälkeläisiä.
FrenchLes fils de Madian furent Épha, Épher, Hénoc, Abida et Eldaa. -Ce sont là tous les fils de Ketura.
GermanDie Kinder Midians waren: Epha, Epher, Henoch, Abida und Eldaa. Diese alle sind Kinder der Ketura.
HungarianS Midiánnak fiai: Éfah, Éfer, Hánok, Abida és Eldaah: Mind ezek Ketúráhnak fiai.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariAnak-anak Midian ialah: Efa, Efer, Henokh, Abida, dan Eldaa. Mereka semuanya keturunan Ketura.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka segala anak laki-laki Midian itulah Efa dan Efir dan Hanokh dan Abida dan Eldaa; maka sekalian inilah anak laki-laki Ketura.
ItalianI figli di Madian furono Efa, Efer, Enoch, Abida ed Eldaa. Tutti questi sono i figli di Chetura.
MaoriA ko nga tama a Miriana ko Epa, ko Epere, ko Hanoka, ko Apira, ko Ereraaha. He tama katoa enei na Ketura.
NorwegianOg Midians barn var Efa og Efer og Hanok og Abida og Elda'a; alle disse var Keturas barn.
PortugueseOs filhos de Midiã foram Efá, Efer, Hanoque, Abidá e Eldá; todos estes foram filhos de Quetura.   
RumanianFiii lui Madian au fost: Efa, Efer, Enoh, Abida wi Eldaa. Toyi acewtia sknt fiii Cheturei.
RussianуЩОЩ нБÐ"ЙБОБ: еЖБ, еЖЕТ, иБОПИ, бЧЙÐ"Б Й еМÐ"БЗБ. чУЕ УЙЙ УЩОЩ иЕФФХТЩ.
SpanishLos hijos de Madián fueron: Efa, Efer, Hanoc, Abida y Eldaa. Todos éstos fueron hijos de Quetura.
SwedishOch Midjans söner voro Efa, Efer, Hanok, Abida och Eldaa. Alla dessa voro Keturas söner.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: ABIDA

Derivations

Words beginning with "ABIDA": abidance, abidances. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: ABIDA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-i"

-2 letters: aba, aid, baa, bad, bid, dab, dib.

-3 letters: aa, ab, ad, ai, ba, bi, id.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-d-i"
 

+1 letter: indaba.

 

+2 letters: bandaid, barmaid, basidia, bidarka, carabid, diabase, indabas, tabanid.

 

+3 letters: abdicate, abdomina, abidance, aboideau, abrading, arabized, badinage, baidarka, balladic, bandaids, barmaids, basidial, bicaudal, bidarkas, bigarade, biradial, carabids, dahabiah, dahabieh, dahabiya, diabases, diabasic, hairband, labiated, radiable, rainband, tabanids.

 

+4 letters: abdicable, abdicated, abdicates, abdicator, abdominal, abidances, aboideaus, aboideaux, abstained, adiabatic, admirable, admirably, adverbial, advisable, advisably, auditable, avoidable, avoidably, badinaged, badinages, baidarkas, baldachin, balladist, banalized, bandaging, bargained, barricade, barricado, bastinade, bastinado, bigarades, biohazard, broadtail, carbamide, dahabiahs, dahabiehs, dahabiyas, dilatable, gabardine, garibaldi, hairbands, jaborandi, rainbands, sabadilla, sailboard, tailboard, trainband, waistband.

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Alternative Orthography: ABIDA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 42 49 44 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01000010 01001001 01000100 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#66 &#73 &#68 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0042 0049 0044 0041

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3536433835

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage Frequency
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Bible Trace
5. Derivations
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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