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עָדָה

a.dahAdah
hebrewOld TestamentName of a woman8 occurrences1 book8 verses
This name belongs to 2 different people in the Bible:
  • Adah: Hittite wife of Esau; mother of Eliphaz
  • Adah: Wife of Lamech; mother of Jabal and Jubal

Definition

from H5710; ornament; Adah, the name of two women
Traditional renderings: Adah.

Glossary entries

Basemath Adah Bashemath

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

8 total
  1. Genesis 4:19עָדָ֔ה · Adah
    And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.
  2. Genesis 4:20עָדָ֖ה · Adah
    Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.
  3. Genesis 4:23עָדָ֤ה · Adah
    Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.
  4. Genesis 36:2עָדָ֗ה · Adah
    Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
  5. Genesis 36:4עָדָ֛ה · And Adah
    And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel,
  6. Genesis 36:10עָדָה֙ · Adah
    These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel son of Esau’s wife Basemath.
  7. Genesis 36:12עָדָ֖ה · Adah
    Additionally, Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to Amalek. These are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.
  8. Genesis 36:16עָדָֽה׃ · of Adah
    Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. They are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Adah.