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Adah
Biblical Persons & Places
Adah
Woman living at the time before the Flood
A woman living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.26.34;
referred to as Adah (עָדָה), or Basemath (KJV= Bashemath) (בָּֽשְׂמַת);
a daughter of Elon;
wife of Esau;
mother of Eliphaz.
Adah
Woman living at the time before the Flood
A woman living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.19;
only referred to as Adah (עָדָה);
wife of Lamech;
mother of Jabal and Jubal.
Strong's Definition
Adah, the name of two women
Derivation: from H5710 (עָדָה); ornament;
KJV Usage: Adah.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Adah = "ornament"
1) the 1st of the 2 wives of Lamech and mother of Jabal and Jubal
2) a Hittitess, 1 of the 3 wives of Esau and mother of Eliphaz
2a) also called 'Bashemath'
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
A woman living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.19; married to Lamech (H3929);
mother of: Jabal (H2989) and Jubal (H3106)
§ Adah = "ornament"
1) the 1st of the 2 wives of Lamech and mother of Jabal and Jubal
2) a Hittitess, 1 of the 3 wives of Esau and mother of Eliphaz
2a) also called 'Bashemath'
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עָדָה
‛âdâh
BDB Definition:
Adah = ornament
1) the 1st of the 2 wives of Lamech and mother of Jabal and Jubal
2) a Hittitess, 1 of the 3 wives of Esau and mother of Eliphaz
2a) also called Bashemath
Part of Speech: noun proper feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5710
Total KJV Occurrences: 8