Adalia
(a fire-god), the fifth son of Haman. (Esther 9:8)
Adaliah
one that draws water; poverty; cloud; death
Adam
Red, a Babylonian word, the generic name for man, having the same meaning in the Hebrew and the Assyrian languages. It was the name given to the first man, whose creation, fall, and subsequent histor…
Adam, A Type
The apostle Paul speaks of Adam as “the figure of him who was to come.” On this account our Lord is sometimes called the second Adam. This typical relation is described in Rom. 5:14-19.
Adam, The City Of
Is referred to in Josh. 3:16. It stood “beside Zarethan,” on the west bank of Jordan (1 Kings 4:12). At this city the flow of the water was arrested and rose up “upon an heap” at the time of the Isra…
Adamah
Red earth, a fortified city of Naphtali, probably the modern Damieh, on the west side of the sea of Tiberias (Josh. 19:33, 36).
Adamant
(Heb. shamir), Ezek. 3:9. The Greek word adamas means diamond. This stone is not referred to, but corundum or some kind of hard steel. It is an emblem of firmness in resisting adversaries of the trut…
Adami
(my man, earth), a place on the border of Naphtali. (Joshua 19:33)
Adar.
A'DAR. See Month.
Adasa,
AD'ASA, or HAD'ASHAH, a town in Judah, Josh 15:37, near Beth-horon; now 'Adaseh.
Adbeel
Miracle of God, the third of the twelve sons of Ishmael, and head of an Arabian tribe (Gen. 25:13; 1 Chr. 1:29).
Addan
(strong or stony), one of the places from which some of the captivity returned with Zerubbabel to Judea who could not show their pedigree as Israelites. (Ezra 2:59) Called Addon (Nehemiah 7:61)
Addar
Ample, splendid, son of Bela (1 Chr. 8:3); called also “Ard” (Gen. 46:21)
Adder.
AD'DER. The word translated thus in various passages of the Bible does not always mean what the English word denotes. 1. In Gen 49:17 it indicates a venomous serpent (perhaps the cerastes, or horned …
Addi
Ornament, (Luke 3:28), the son of Cosam, and father of Melchi, one of the progenitors of Christ.
Addin
adorned; delicious; voluptuous
Addon
Low, one of the persons named in Neh. 7:61 who could not “shew their father’s house” on the return from captivity. This, with similar instances (ver. 63), indicates the importance the Jews attached t…
Ader
(flock), a Benjamites, son of Beriah, chief of the inhabitants of Aijalon. (1 Chronicles 8:15) The name is more correctly Eder.
Adida,
AD'IDA, a fortified town overlooking the low country of Judah and near Jerusalem, noticed in 1 Macc 12:38, and used by Vespasian in his siege of Jerusalem; probably the same as Hadid. Ezr 2:33. Conde…
Adiel
Ornament of God. (1.) The father of Azmaveth, who was treasurer under David and Solomon (1 Chr. 27:25). (2.) A family head of the tribe of Simeon (1 Chr. 4:36). (3.) A priest (1 Chr. 9:12).
Adin
Effeminate. (1.) Ezra 8:6. (2.) Neh. 10:16.
Adina
Slender, one of David’s warriors (1 Chr. 11:42), a Reubenite.
Adino
The Eznite, one of David’s mighty men (2 Sam. 23:8). (See JASHOBEAM.)
Adino The Eznite
AD'INO THE EZNITE. 2 Sam 23:8. See Jashobeam.
Adino, Or Adino, The Eznite
(2 Samuel 23:8) See Jashobeam.
Adithaim
(double ornament), a town belonging to Judah, lying in the low country, and named, between Sharaim and hag-Gederah, in (Joshua 15:36) only.
Adjuration
A solemn appeal whereby one person imposes on another the obligation of speaking or acting as if under an oath (1 Sam. 14:24; Josh. 6:26; 1 Kings 22:16). We have in the New Testament a striking examp…
Adjure
ADJURE'. 1. To bind under a curse. Josh 6:26. Solemnly to require a declaration of the truth at the peril of God's displeasure. Matt 26:63. Such is the interpretation of the language of the high prie…
Adlai
AD'LAI (justice of Jehovah), the father of one of David's chief herdsmen. 1 Chr 27:29.
Adlai Or Adlai
(justice of Jehovah), Ancestor of Shaphat, the overseer of David’s herds that fed in the broad valleys. (1 Chronicles 27:29) (B.C. before 1050.)