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 · H5726
a.dul.la.mi — Adullamite
Someone from Adullam Group of a.dul.lam (עֲדֻלָּם "Adullam" H5725) § Adullamite, of Adullam "justice of the people" an inhabitant of Adullam
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5725
a.dul.lam — Adullam
Adullam = "justice of the people" a town of the Canaanites allotted to Judah and lying in the lowlands; site of the cave where David hid Also named: a.dul.la.mi (עֲדֻלָּמִי "Adullamite" H5726)
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2437
chi.rah — Hirah
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.38.1 § Hirah = "a noble family" an Adullamite, the friend of Judah
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →An inhabitant of the city of Adullam (Gen. 38:1, 12, 20).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
