Abinadab

E185865

biblical figure human

Abinadab is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament as one of King David’s brothers and a son of Jesse of Bethlehem.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Abinadab canonical	9
Abinadab son of Jesse	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1651849 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Abinadab
Context triple: [Jesse, hasSon, Abinadab]

A. Abinadab
Abinadab is a son of King Saul mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, known for dying alongside his father in battle against the Philistines.
B. Shephatiah
Shephatiah is one of the sons of King David mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
C. Boaz
Boaz is one of the two prominent bronze pillars that stood at the entrance of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem, as described in the Hebrew Bible.
D. Boaz
Boaz is a prominent figure in the Hebrew Bible, known as a wealthy and righteous landowner of Bethlehem who marries Ruth and becomes an ancestor of King David.
E. Ehud
Ehud is a biblical judge and deliverer of Israel known for assassinating the Moabite king Eglon in the Book of Judges.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Abinadab
Target entity description: Abinadab is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament as one of King David’s brothers and a son of Jesse of Bethlehem.

A. Abinadab
Abinadab is a son of King Saul mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, known for dying alongside his father in battle against the Philistines.
B. Shephatiah
Shephatiah is one of the sons of King David mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
C. Boaz
Boaz is one of the two prominent bronze pillars that stood at the entrance of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem, as described in the Hebrew Bible.
D. Boaz
Boaz is a prominent figure in the Hebrew Bible, known as a wealthy and righteous landowner of Bethlehem who marries Ruth and becomes an ancestor of King David.
E. Ehud
Ehud is a biblical judge and deliverer of Israel known for assassinating the Moabite king Eglon in the Book of Judges.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (26)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical figure ⓘ human ⓘ
appearsIn	Hebrew Bible ⓘ linked to: Tanakh Old Testament ⓘ linked to: Bible
ethnicity	Israelite ⓘ
familyName	son of Jesse ⓘ
father	Jesse ⓘ
fatherResidence	Bethlehem ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
mentionedIn	1 Chronicles ⓘ 1 Samuel ⓘ
nameMeaningApproximate	my father is noble ⓘ
nameVariant	Abinadab son of Jesse ⓘ linked to: Abinadab
notableRelative	King David ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Bethlehem ⓘ
religiousCanonStatus	recognized in Christian Old Testament ⓘ recognized in Jewish canon ⓘ
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
roleInText	brother of David ⓘ son of Jesse of Bethlehem ⓘ
sibling	David ⓘ Eliab ⓘ Shammah ⓘ
timePeriod	monarchy of ancient Israel ⓘ
tribe	Tribe of Judah ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jesse → hasSon → Abinadab ⓘ

Abinadab → givenName → Abinadab ⓘ

Raddai → hasSibling → Abinadab ⓘ

Raddai → isBrotherOf → Abinadab ⓘ

Eliab → hasSibling → Abinadab ⓘ

Abinadab → nameVariant → Abinadab son of Jesse ⓘ

linked to: Abinadab

Shammah → hasSibling → Abinadab ⓘ

Ozem → hasSibling → Abinadab ⓘ

Nethanel → siblingOf → Abinadab ⓘ

Yishai → hasChild → Abinadab ⓘ

All labels observed (2)

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Statements (26)

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Referenced by (10)

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