Abdon
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Abdon may refer to:
- Abdon, ShropshireAbdon, ShropshireAbdon is an upland village and civil parish in the Clee Hills area of English county of Shropshire.-Clee Hills:Abdon is an inaccessible rural hamlet on the slopes of the Brown Clee Hill. The population currently stands at approx. 28 dwellings. The hamlet includes a parish church , village hall and...
, a village in the English county of Shropshire - Abdon (Judges)Abdon (Judges)Abdon , was the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, and was the tenth Judge of Israel mentioned in the Book of Judges. . He was a member of the tribe of Ephraim, and in the biblical account was credited with having forty sons and thirty grandsons. He judged Israel for eight years...
, the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, the tenth judge of Israel; also probably Bedan - The son of Micah, one of those whom Josiah sent to the prophetess Huldah; aka AchborAchborAchbor is a name that means "gnawing" and is, by extension, used as the word for "mouse"...
- Two saints, Abdon and Sennen, killed on the same day with a feast day on July 30