Person Old Testament
Abdi
Abdi, one of the descendants of Elam, was among those who agreed to put away their foreign wives during Ezra's time. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Ezra 10:26.
Why it matters. An Israelite who married a foreign wife
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- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Abdi
Abdi is listed in Ezr.10.26 as one of the descendants of Elam who had married foreign women during the time of Ezra. After the return from Babylonian exile, Ezra discovered that many Israelites, including priests and Levites, had intermarried with the neighboring peoples. This was contrary to God's law and threatened the purity and identity of the Israelite community. Ezra called the people to repentance and required those who had married foreign wives to separate from them. Abdi was among those who agreed to put away their foreign wives in obedience to Ezra's command.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Ezra (1 verse)