HebrewH5725Noun

עֲדֻלָּם

a.dul.lam

8Occurrences
H5725Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Adullam, a place in Palestine

probably from the passive participle of the same as H5724 (עַדְלַי);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Adullam = "justice of the people" a town of the Canaanites allotted to Judah and lying in the lowlands; site of the cave where David hid Also named: a.dul.la.mi (*עֲדֻלָּמִי *"Adullamite" H5726)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

עֲדֻלָּם appears 8 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Joshua
2
1 Chronicles
1
1 Samuel
1
2 Chronicles
1
2 Samuel
1
Micah
1
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:15BSB

Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

1 Samuel 22:1BSB

So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.

2 Chronicles 11:7BSB

Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,

2 Samuel 23:13BSB

At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

Joshua 12:15BSB

the king of Libnah, one;the king of Adullam, one;

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