HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H146
אַדָּר
ad.dar — Addar
§ Addar or Adar = "exceeding glorious" city in Judah near Edom
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Addar
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Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2692
חֲצַר־אַדָּר
cha.tsar ad.dar — Hazar-addar
§ Hazar-addar = "enclosure of glory" a place on the southern border of Canaan
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5853
עַטְרוֹת אַדָּר
at.rot ad.dar — Ataroth-addar
§ Ataroth-adar or Ataroth-addar = "crowns of glory" a Gadite town on the west border of Benjamin
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
Ample, splendid, son of Bela (1 Chr. 8:3); called also “Ard” (Gen. 46:21)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
Scripture cited by this entry (KJV)
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1 Chronicles 8:3
And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
Genesis 46:21
And the sons of Benjamin [were] Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
Numbers 26:40
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: [of Ard], the family of the Ardites: [and] of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.