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Addar

People & Groups • Old Testament
Addar was a descendant of Benjamin, also called Ard. The name was also used for a town on the southern boundary of Judah.

Adder

Agriculture & Daily Life • Both
Adder is a general biblical term for a poisonous serpent. It translates several Hebrew words, and the exact species cannot always be determined from the passages where it occurs.

Addi

Jewish Life & Customs • Both
Adjuration is a solemn charge or appeal requiring a person to speak or act under oath. Scripture uses it in legal, military, and religious settings, including the high priest’s charge to Jesus and appeals made in encounters with demons.

ADDICT

Christian Life • New Testament
To be addicted, in older English, meant to devote or set oneself to a purpose. The household of Stephanas had committed themselves to serving the saints.

Addon

People & Groups • Old Testament
Addon is another form of Addan, the name of a group connected with the returning exiles who could not prove their Israelite ancestry.

Ader

People & Groups • Old Testament
Ader, more correctly Eder, was a Benjamite and a chief among the inhabitants of Aijalon.

ADIABENE

Places & Geography • Inter-testament
Adiabene was a region east of the Tigris in ancient Assyria. Its rulers Izates and Helena became associated with Judaism during the period before Jerusalem’s destruction.

Adida

Places & Geography • Inter-testament
Adida was a fortified town near Jerusalem, probably the same as Hadid. Simon Maccabee rebuilt and fortified it during the Maccabean period.

Adiel

People & Groups • Old Testament
Adiel was the name of several Israelites, including a Simeonite leader, a priestly ancestor, and the father of David’s treasurer Azmaveth.

Adin

People & Groups • Old Testament
Adin was the ancestor or family name of a group of exiles who returned from Babylon. Members of the family later joined the covenant made with Nehemiah to follow the Lord’s law.

Adina

People & Groups • Old Testament
Adina was a Reubenite commander and one of David’s warriors. He was the son of Shiza and served as a chief with thirty men.

Adino

People & Groups • Old Testament
Adino the Eznite is identified in 2 Samuel with one of David’s mighty men. The wording of the passage is uncertain, and many understand the name as referring to Jashobeam.
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