Bible Dictionary
ABJECT
A person of very low or despised social standing, described as one of the “smitten ones” or rabble.
Definition
An abject is a person of very low or despised social standing. The term literally refers to “smitten ones” and describes people of the lowest grade.
Biblical Usage
The word occurs as a noun for those whose inferior station made them unknown or socially disregarded.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>ab'-jekt: Only as a noun, and but once (Ps 35:15) for nekheh, literally, "smitten ones," i.e. "men of the lowest grade" (Hengstenberg, Delitzsch), "the rabble," defined by the succeeding clause as those of such inferior station that they were unknown.</p>