HebrewH5720Proper Noun (Masculine)
עָדִין
a.din
“Adin”
3Occurrences
H5720Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Adin, the name of two Israelites
the same as H5719 (עָדִין);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at § Adin = "dainty" or "delicate" 1) ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel 2) a chief among the returned exiles who signed the covenant with Nehemiah
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
עָדִין appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Ezra
2
Nehemiah
1
Key Passages
Ezra 2:15BSB
the descendants of Adin, 454;
Ezra 8:6BSB
from the descendants of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him 50 men;
Nehemiah 7:20BSB
the descendants of Adin, 655;
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