av.da is a personal name used in ancestry and lineage notices in the Bible.

The attested use is as a personal name: it occurs in a father-son notice in 1 Kings 4:6 and within a longer lineage in Nehemiah 11:17.

1. Personal name in lineage notices · dominant

   Both forms are tagged as Noun · Proper. In 1 Kings 4:6, the form occurs in the clause identifying Adoniram as a son; the APB renders “Adoniram son of Abda.” In Nehemiah 11:17, it appears in a chain of named descent; the APB renders “Abda son of Shammua son of Galal son of Jeduthun.”

   1 Kings 4:6Nehemiah 11:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the form as “Abda” in both verses, each time within a statement of descent. It confirms the name’s place in the clauses rather than supplying a separate lexical rendering.