Bible Dictionary
Addon
Addon is another form of Addan, the name of a group connected with the returning exiles who could not prove their Israelite ancestry.
Definition
Addon is another form of Addan, a name associated with people who returned from the Babylonian captivity but could not establish their family genealogy.
Biblical Usage
Addon appears in Nehemiah 7:61 among those who returned but could not show their fathers’ house.
Historical Background
The parallel account in Ezra 2:59 gives the form Addan.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Low, one of the persons named in Neh. 7:61 who could not “shew their father’s house” on the return from captivity. This, with similar instances (ver. 63), indicates the importance the Jews attached to their genealogies.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(lord). [Addan]
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>ad'-on.</p><p>See ADDAN.</p>