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ADAH

a'-da (`adhah, "adornment"):

(1) One of the two wives of Lamech the descendant of Cain (Genesis 4:19, 20, 23). The narrative in Genesis assigns to her two sons, Jabal the "father" of tent-dwelling people, and Jubal the "father" of all such as handle the harp and pipe." Josephus says that Lamech had 77 sons by Ada and Zillah (Ant., I, ii, 2).

(2) According to Genesis 36:2, 4, 10, 12, 16, the Hittite wife of Esau, daughter of Elon, and mother of Eliphaz. In this chapter Esau's other wives are Oholibamah, a Hivite, and Basemath the daughter of Ishmael. The names are differently given elsewhere (Genesis 26:34; Genesis 28:9). Basemath is said to be the daughter of Elon. The daughter of Ishmael is called Mahalath. In place of Oholibamah the Hivite we find Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite. Data are lacking for the solution of the problem.

Willis J. Beecher

Strong's Hebrew

5711. Adah -- two non-Isr. women
... 5710b, 5711. Adah. 5712 . two non-Isr. women. Transliteration: Adah
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-daw') Short Definition: Adah. Word ...
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5710a. adah -- to pass on, advance
... 5710, 5710a. adah. 5710b . to pass on, advance. Transliteration: adah Short
Definition: passed. Word Origin a prim. ... 5710, 5710a. adah. 5710b . ...
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5710b. adah -- to ornament or deck oneself
... 5710a, 5710b. adah. 5711 . to ornament or deck oneself. Transliteration: adah
Short Definition: adorned. Word Origin a prim. ... 5710a, 5710b. adah. 5711 . ...
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6807. ts'adah -- a marching
ts'adah. 6806, 6807. ts'adah. 6807a . a marching. Transliteration: ts'adah
Phonetic Spelling: (tseh-aw-daw') Short Definition: going. ...
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5710. adah -- to pass on, advance
... 5709, 5710. adah. 5710a . to pass on, advance. Transliteration: adah Phonetic
Spelling: (aw-daw') Short Definition: adorn. ... 5709, 5710. adah. 5710a . ...
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5709. ada -- to pass on or away
ada or adah. 5708, 5709. ada or adah. 5710 . to pass on or away. Transliteration:
ada or adah Phonetic Spelling: (ad-aw') Short Definition: away. ...
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5708. ed -- filthy
... filthy From an unused root meaning to set a period (compare adah, uwd); the menstrual
flux (as periodical); by implication (in plural) soiling -- filthy. ...
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4572. Maaday -- an Israelite
... NASB Word Usage Maadai (1). Maadai. From adah; ornamental; Maadai, an Israelite --
Maadai. see HEBREW adah. 4571, 4572. Maaday. 4573 . Strong's Numbers.
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497. Eladah -- "God has adorned," an Ephraimite
... Word Origin from el and adah Definition "God has adorned," an Ephraimite NASB Word
Usage Eleadah (1). Eladah. ... see HEBREW 'el. see HEBREW adah. 496, 497. ...
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5716. adi -- ornaments
... Word Origin from adah Definition ornaments NASB Word Usage fine ornaments (1), jewels
(1), ornaments (9), trappings (1), years (1). ... see HEBREW adah. ...
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Library

Chapter xxxvi
... wife was described as "Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael." Apparently, then, Judith
must be identified with Oholibamah, Basemath with Adah"for both are ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxxvi.htm

Of the Two Fathers and Leaders who Sprang from one Progenitor.
... For we read, "Methusael begat Lamech. And Lamech took unto him two wives: the
name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 17 of the two fathers.htm

The Life of Adam
... This Lameth took two wives, Adah and Zilla; of Adah he gat Jabal which found first
the craft to make folds for shepherds and to change their pasture, and ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/the life of adam.htm

Cain's Family and their Inventions.
... And Lamech took unto him two wives, whose names were Adah and Zillah. At that
time there was made a beginning of polygamy, and also of music. ...
/.../theophilus/theophilus to autolycus/chapter xxx cains family and their.htm

Concerning the Sons of Isaac, Esau and Jacob; of their Nativity ...
... 4. Now when Esau, one of the sons of Isaac, whom the father principally loved, was
now come to the age of forty years, he married Adah, the daughter of Helon ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 18 concerning the sons.htm

Some General Matters and Some Biblical Characters. The Bible Book ...
... (6) Rachel, Gen.29: 16ff. (7) Leah, Gen.29:16ff. (8) Dinah, Gen.30:21; 34:11. (9)
Adah, Gen.36:2. (10) Asenath, Gen.41:45. (11) Shiphrah and Puah, Ex.1:15. ...
/.../chapter viii some general matters.htm

"In the Volume of the Book it is Written of Me" (Heb. . .
... And Lamech said unto his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; "Ye wives of Lamech,
hearken unto my speech: For I have slain a man for wounding me, and a ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the antichrist/in the volume of the.htm

Chapter iv
... 19. And Lamech took unto himself two wives; the name of the one was Adah, the name
of the other Zillah. In this simple statement is. ... 20-22. Adah bore Jabal. ...
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An Exposition on the First Ten Chapters of Genesis, and Part of ...
The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3. <. ...
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Adah

an assembly

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Adah

(ornament, beauty).

The first of the two wives of Lamech, by whom were borne to him Jabal and Jubal. (Genesis 4:19) (B.C. 3600).
A Hittitess, one of the three wives of Esau, mother of Eliphaz. (Genesis 36:2,10,12,16) In (Genesis 26:34) she is called BASHEMATH. (B.C. 1797.)

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Ornament.

(1.) The first of Lamech's two wives, and the mother of Jabal and Jubal (Genesis 4:19, 20, 23).

(2.) The first of Esau's three wives, the daughter of Elon the Hittite (Genesis 36:2, 4), called also Bashemath (26:34).

Thesaurus

Adah (8 Occurrences)
...ADAH. a'-da (`adhah, "adornment"): (1) One of the two wives of Lamech the
descendant of Cain (Genesis 4:19, 20, 23). ...Adah (8 Occurrences). ...
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La'adah (1 Occurrence)
La'adah. Laadah, La'adah. Laadan . Multi-Version Concordance La'adah
(1 Occurrence). 1 Chronicles 4:21 The sons of Shelah ...
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Eliphaz (14 Occurrences)
... (2.) The son of Esau by his wife Adah, and father of several Edomitish tribes (Genesis
36:4, 10, 11, 16). Int. ... Genesis 36:4 Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz. ...
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Lamech (11 Occurrences)
... 4:18-24). His address to his two wives, Adah and Zillah (4:23, 24), is the
only extant example of antediluvian poetry. It has been ...
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El'iphaz (6 Occurrences)
... El'iphaz (6 Occurrences). Genesis 36:4 Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz. Basemath bore
Reuel. (See RSV). ... These are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife. (See RSV). ...
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Basmath (7 Occurrences)
... of the wives of Esau, a daughter of Elon, the Hittite (Genesis 26:34; the King James
Version Bashemath), probably identical with or a sister of Adah whom he ...
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Bashemath (6 Occurrences)
... of the wives of Esau, a daughter of Elon, the Hittite (Genesis 26:34; the King James
Version Bashemath), probably identical with or a sister of Adah whom he ...
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Basemath (7 Occurrences)
... of the wives of Esau, a daughter of Elon, the Hittite (Genesis 26:34; the King James
Version Bashemath), probably identical with or a sister of Adah whom he ...
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Esau's (13 Occurrences)
... Genesis 36:2 Esau's wives were women of Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite,
and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite ...
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Beareth (108 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Genesis 4:20 And Adah beareth Jabal, he hath been father of those
inhabiting tents and purchased possessions; (YLT). Genesis ...
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Bible Concordance

Adah (8 Occurrences)

Genesis 4:19 Lamech took two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 4:20 Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 4:23 Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 36:2 Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon, the Hittite; and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, the Hivite;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 36:4 Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz. Basemath bore Reuel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 36:10 these are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz, the son of Adah, the wife of Esau; and Reuel, the son of Basemath, the wife of Esau.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 36:12 Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek. These are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 36:16 chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek: these are the chiefs who came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Adah

Adah: Wife of Esau

Adah: Wife of Lamech

Related Terms

La'adah (1 Occurrence)

Eliphaz (14 Occurrences)

Lamech (11 Occurrences)

El'iphaz (6 Occurrences)

Basmath (7 Occurrences)

Bashemath (6 Occurrences)

Basemath (7 Occurrences)