Bible Dictionary
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Adaiah
People & Groups - Old Testament
Adaiah was a name borne by several Israelites, including members of Benjamin, Levi, Judah, and the priestly families. Other men named Adaiah served in royal and postexilic communities.
Adalia
People & Groups - Old Testament
Adalia was one of the ten sons of Haman who were put to death by the Jews during the deliverance commemorated in Esther.
Adam
People & Groups - Both
Adam was the first man, formed by God from the dust and placed in Eden. Through his disobedience sin and death entered human experience; he is also presented in the New Testament as the ancestor corresponding to Christ, the last Adam.
ADAM IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
Doctrine & Theology - New Testament
The New Testament presents Adam as the historical ancestor and representative head of humanity. Through Adam came sin and death; in contrast, Christ is the head of the redeemed race, bringing righteousness and life.
Adam, a type
Doctrine & Theology - Both
Adam is called a type or figure of Christ because Adam’s actions affected those represented by him, while Christ brings righteousness and life to those united to Him. Paul develops this comparison in Romans 5.
ADAM, CITY OF
Places & Geography - Old Testament
The city of Adam stood in the Jordan valley near Zarethan. It is associated with the place where the Jordan’s waters stopped when Israel crossed under Joshua.
Adam, the city of
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Adam was a city beside the Jordan near Zarethan. At the time Israel crossed the Jordan under Joshua, the waters were stopped upstream near this place.
Adamah
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Adamah was a fortified city in the territory assigned to the tribe of Naphtali. It was located near Chinnereth and Ramah, though its exact identification is uncertain.
Adamant
Objects & Symbols - Old Testament
Adamant refers to an exceedingly hard stone or substance. In Scripture it is used figuratively for steadfast resistance and for the hardness of people who refuse to hear God’s word.
Adami
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Adami was a place on the border of Naphtali. In the Revised Version, the name appears as part of the compound place-name Adami-nekeb.
ADAMI-NEKEB
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Adami-Nekeb was a place on the border of Naphtali. It may have been one locality named for a pass, or two separate places called Adami and Nekeb.
Adar
Festivals & Holy Days - Old Testament
Adar was the twelfth month of the Jewish religious year and the sixth month of the civil year, falling roughly from March to April. In some years a second Adar was added to keep the calendar aligned with the agricultural and festival seasons.
Adasa
Places & Geography - Inter-testament
Adasa was a town in Judea near Beth-horon. Judas Maccabee defeated and killed the Seleucid general Nicanor there, making it notable in the history of the Maccabean period.
Adbeel
People & Groups - Old Testament
Adbeel was the third son of Ishmael and the ancestor or head of an Arabian tribe. The name is also associated with a north Arabian tribal group.
ADD
Scripture - Both
To add is to put something in addition to what is already present. Scripture warns against adding unauthorized teaching to God’s revealed word.
Addan
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Addan was a place in Babylonia from which some exiles returned to Judah with Zerubbabel. Those associated with it could not establish their genealogy as Israelites.
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.
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