146. Addar
Strong's Lexicon
Addar: Addar

Original Word: אַדָּר
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Addar
Pronunciation: ad-dawr'
Phonetic Spelling: (ad-dawr')
Definition: Addar
Meaning: Addar

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to be ample or splendid.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for the Hebrew name Addar in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a proper noun specific to Hebrew genealogies.

Usage: The name "Addar" is used in the Bible as a proper noun, specifically as a personal name. It is associated with grandeur or splendor, reflecting the root meaning of the word.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, names often carried significant meanings and were sometimes indicative of the character or destiny of a person. The name Addar, suggesting splendor or majesty, might have been chosen to reflect the hoped-for qualities or status of the individual. Names were also sometimes reused across generations, indicating familial or tribal connections.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from adar
Definition
a desc. of Benjamin, also a city in Judah
NASB Translation
Addar (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
אַדָּר proper name, masculine (noble ?).

1 son of Bela, grandson of Benjm. 1 Chronicles 8:3 (perhaps error — compare Be — for אַרְדְּ q. v. Numbers 26:40; Genesis 46:21).

2 city in Judah Joshua 15:3 (אַדָּ֫רָה); = חֲצַר אַדָּר (q. v.) Numbers 34:4.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Addar

Intensive from 'adar; ample; Addar, a place in Palestine; also an Israelite -- Addar.

see HEBREW 'adar

Forms and Transliterations
אַדָּ֔רָה אַדָּ֥ר אדר אדרה ’ad·dā·rāh ’ad·dār ’addār ’addārāh adDar adDarah
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Englishman's Concordance
Joshua 15:3
HEB: חֶצְרוֹן֙ וְעָלָ֣ה אַדָּ֔רָה וְנָסַ֖ב הַקַּרְקָֽעָה׃
NAS: and went up to Addar and turned about
KJV: and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass
INT: to Hezron and went to Addar and turned to Karka

1 Chronicles 8:3
HEB: בָנִ֖ים לְבָ֑לַע אַדָּ֥ר וְגֵרָ֖א וַאֲבִיהֽוּד׃
NAS: had sons: Addar, Gera, Abihud,
KJV: of Bela were, Addar, and Gera,
INT: sons Bela Addar Gera Abihud

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 146
2 Occurrences


’ad·dār — 1 Occ.
’ad·dā·rāh — 1 Occ.















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