ABDI ăb’ dī (עֲדָיָֽה, servant of, conjectured to be abbreviation of עבדיה servant of Yah. LXX 1 Esd 9:27, Αβδια, servant of Yah [Jehovah]). 1. A man of the family of Merari whose grandson Ethan was made a songmaster by David (1 Chron 6:44 [Heb and LXX 1 Chron 6:29]; 2 Chron 29:12).

2. A descendant of Elam, who had married a foreign woman during the Exile contrary to the law of Moses, but who put away his wife and children in obedience to Ezra and a committee of chosen men (Ezra 10:26).