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Addi

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Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term

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Historical dictionary entry

Ornament, (Luke 3:28), the son of Cosam, and father of Melchi, one of the progenitors of Christ.

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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Luke 3:28

Which was [the son] of Melchi, which was [the son] of Addi, which was [the son] of Cosam, which was [the son] of Elmodam, which was [the son] of Er,

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