Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
), the name of a Syrian god. ) An Edomite king who defeated the Midianites (Gen. 36:35; 1 Chr. 1:46). ) Another Edomite king (1 Chr. 1:50, 51), called also Hadar (Gen. 36:39; 1 Chr. 1:51). ” He fled into Egypt, where he married the sister of Pharaoh’s wife (1 Kings 11:14-22). He became one of Solomon’s adversaries. Hadad, sharp, (a different name in Hebrew from the preceding), one of the sons of Ishmael (1 Chr. 1:30). Called also Hadar (Gen. 25:15).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(mighty), originally the indigenous appellation of the sun among the Syrians, and thence transferred to the king as the highest of earthly authorities. The title appears to have been an official one, like Pharaoh. It is found occasionally in the altered form Hadar.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
HA'DAD (sharpness), one of the sons of Ishmael, 1 Chr 1:30; he is called Hadar in Gen 25:15.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
HA'DAD (a different name in Hebrew, meaning brave). King of Edom, who won a great victory over the Midianites on the field of Moab. His capital was Avith, which see. Gen 36:35; 1 Chr 1:46. Another king of Edom, with Pau for his capital, 1 Chr 1:50; called Hadar in Gen 36:39. A member of the royal house of Edom. In the general massacre of the males of Edom by Joab, 1 Kgs 11:15, he escaped, and fled into Egypt. Pharaoh received him with peculiar marks of favor, giving him his daughter in marriage.
Subsequently, Hadad returned to Edom, and won for himself the reputation of an "adversary" of Solomon by the border-warfare he carried on against Israel. 1 Kgs 11:14, 1 Kgs 11:25.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
joy; noise; clamor