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Abinadab
A man of Kiriath-jearim in whose house the Ark was kept for twenty years.
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ScholarlyAbinadab (אֲבִינָדָב) is a sentence-name meaning "my father is noble" or "my father is generous/willing," combining ab with the root ndb (to be willing, noble).
Hebrew onomastic analysis of the ndb root; cf. BDB and HALOT, and the parallel formation in names like Nadab and Amminadab.