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HebrewH5711Proper Noun (Feminine)

עָדָה

a.dah

8Occurrences
H5711Strong's #
Proper Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Adah, the name of two women

from H5710 (עָדָה); ornament;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A woman living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at ; married to Lamech (H3929); mother of: Jabal (H2989) and Jubal (H3106) § Adah = "ornament" 1) the 1st of the 2 wives of Lamech and mother of Jabal and ) a Hittitess, 1 of the 3 wives of Esau and mother of Eliphaz 2a) also called 'Bashemath'

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

N:N-F-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

עָדָה appears 8 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
8

Key Passages

Genesis 36:2BSB

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,

Genesis 36:4BSB

And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel,

Genesis 36:10BSB

These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel son of Esau’s wife Basemath.

Genesis 36:12BSB

Additionally, Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to Amalek. These are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.

Genesis 36:16BSB

Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. They are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Adah.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.