Quick Definition
Atad
Biblical Persons & Places
Atad
Atad between Jericho and the Jordan(?)
A location first mentioned at Gen.50.10;
referred to as Atad (אָטָד), or Abel-mizraim (NIV= Abel Mizraim) (אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם).
Strong's Definition
a thorn-tree (especially the buckthorn)
Derivation: from an unused root probably meaning to pierce or make fast;
KJV Usage: Atad, bramble, thorn.
TWOT Reference: 71a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) bramble, thorn, buckthorn
2) the threshing Atad, meaning thorn, also called Abelmizraim and afterwards called Bethhogla was located on the west of Jordan between the Jordan and Jericho
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
Atad, a threshing floor
afterwards called Bethhogla was located on the west of Jordan between the Jordan and Jericho
Also named: a.vel mits.ra.yim (אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם "Abel-mizraim" H0067)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אָטָד
âṭâd
BDB Definition:
1) bramble, thorn, buckthorn
2) the threshing Atad, meaning thorn, also called Abelmizraim and afterwards called Bethhogla was located on the west of Jordan between the Jordan and Jericho
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root probably meaning to pierce or make fast
Same Word by TWOT Number: 71a
Total KJV Occurrences: 6