BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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 →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7877
shi.za — Shiza
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.11.42; father of: Adina (H5721) § Shiza = "splendour" a Reubenite, father of Adina, one of David's mighty warriors
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.
