Bible Dictionary

Adin

Effeminate. (1.) Ezra 8:6. (2.) Neh. 10:16.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Effeminate. (1.) Ezra 8:6. (2.) Neh. 10:16.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(dainty, delicate), ancestor of a family who returned form Babylon with Zerubbabel, to the number of 454, (Ezra 2:15) or 655 according to the parallel list in (Nehemiah 7:20) (B.C. 536.) They joined with Nehemiah in a covenant to separate themselves from the heathen. (Nehemiah 10:16) (B.C. 410.)

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

A'DIN (delicate), one whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel. Ezr 2:15; Ezr 8:6; Neh 7:20; Neh 10:16.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

Adina, adorned; voluptuous; dainty