אֲדָר

a.darAdar
hebrewOld TestamentTitle8 occurrences1 book8 verses
This is the name of Adar: The twelfth month of the Hebrew religious calendar.

Definition

probably of foreign derivation; perhaps meaning fire; Adar, the 12th Hebrew month
Traditional renderings: Adar.

Glossary entries

Adar (Month)

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

8 total
  1. Esther 3:7אֲדָֽר׃ס · the month of Adar
    In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
  2. Esther 3:13אֲדָ֑ר · day of Adar
    And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.
  3. Esther 8:12אֲדָֽר׃ · of Adar
    The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
  4. Esther 9:1אֲדָ֗ר · of Adar
    On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them.
  5. Esther 9:15אֲדָ֔ר · of Adar
    On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
  6. Esther 9:17אֲדָ֑ר · of Adar
    This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.
  7. Esther 9:19אֲדָ֔ר · of Adar
    This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.
  8. Esther 9:21אֲדָ֔ר · of Adar
    …to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar