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ADAR

Large, the sixth month of the civil and the twelfth of the ecclesiastical year of the Jews (Esther 3:7, 13; 8:12; 9:1, 15, 17, 19, 21).

It included the days extending from the new moon of our March to the new moon of April.

The name was first used after the Captivity. When the season was backward, and the lambs not yet of a paschal size, or the barley not forward enough for abib, then a month called Veadar, i.e., a second Adar, was intercalated.

1. Twelfth month in Jewish calendar Ezr 6:15; Esther 3:7; Esther 8:12; Esther 9:1

2. Son of Bela 1 Chr 8:3

3. ADAR

See HAZAR-ADDAR

ADBEEL

Miracle of God, the third of the twelve sons of Ishmael, and head of an Arabian tribe (Gen. 25:13; 1 Chr. 1:29).

Son of Ishmael Gen 25:13; 1 Chr 1:29

ADDAN

Ample, splendid, son of Bela (1 Chr. 8:3); called also "Ard" (Gen. 46:21)

Also called ADDON, uncertain whether person or town Ezr 2:59; Neh 7:61

ADDER

(Ps. 140:3; Rom. 3:13, "asp") is the rendering of,

(1.) Akshub ("coiling" or "lying in wait"), properly an asp or viper, found only in this passage.

(2.) Pethen ("twisting"), a viper or venomous serpent identified with the cobra (Naja haje) (Ps. 58:4; 91:13); elsewhere "asp."

(3.) Tziphoni ("hissing") (Prov. 23:32); elsewhere rendered "cockatrice," Isa. 11:8; 14:29; 59:5; Jer. 8:17, as it is here in the margin of the Authorized Version.

The Revised Version has "basilisk." This may have been the yellow viper, the Daboia xanthina, the largest and most dangerous of the vipers of Palestine.

(4.) Shephiphon ("creeping"), occurring only in Gen. 49:17, the small speckled venomous snake, the "horned snake," or cerastes. Dan is compared to this serpent, which springs from its hiding-place on the passer-by.

A venomous serpent Gen 49:17; Psa 91:13; Psa 58:4; Psa 140:3; Pr 23:32

ADDAN

See ADDON

ADER

A Benjamite 1 Chr 8:15

ADDI

Ornament, (Luke 3:28), the son of Cosam, and father of Melchi, one of the progenitors of Christ.

ADDON

Low, one of the persons named in Neh. 7:61 who could not "shew their father's house" on the return from captivity.

This, with similar instances (Neh 7:63), indicates the importance the Jews attached to their genealogies

ADIEL

Ornament of God.

(1.) The father of Azmaveth, who was treasurer under David and Solomon (1 Chr. 27:25).

(2.) A family head of the tribe of Simeon (1 Chr. 4:36).

(3.) A priest (1 Chr. 9:12).

1. A man of the tribe of Simeon 1 Chr 4:36

2. A priest 1 Chr 9:12

3. Father of Azmaveth 1 Chr 27:25

ADIN

Effeminate.

(1.) Ezra 8:6.

(2.) Neh. 10:16.

A Jewish captive Ezr 2:15; Ezr 8:6; Neh 7:20

ADINA

Slender, one of David's warriors (1 Chr. 11:42), a Reubenite.

One of David's heroes 1 Chr 11:42

ADINO

the Eznite, one of David's mighty men (2 Sam. 23:8).

(See JASHOBEAM.)

One of David's valiant men 2 Sam 23:8</p>