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How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5721
a.di.na — Adina
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.11.42; son of: Shiza (H7877) § Adina = "slender" a chief of the Reubenites, and a captain of David
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Slender, one of David’s warriors (1 Chr. 11:42), a Reubenite.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
Read the quoted verses in their chapters to evaluate the historical dictionary references.
Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,
