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H5711 עָדָה (ʻÂdâh) aw-daw'

Hebrew
Noun (Feminine)
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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

עָדָה (a.dah) — Adah. 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'

עָדָה (a.dah) — Adah. A woman living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.26.34; daughter of: Elon (H0356); married to Esau (H6215); mother of: Eliphaz (H0464); also called Basemath (KJV: Bashemath) at Gen.26.34; Also named: bos.mat (בָּֽשְׂמַת "Basemath" H1315H) § 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'

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

name

Names of People

Adah = woman; ► wife of Lamech

GEN 4:19 · GEN 4:20 · GEN 4:23

Names of People

Adah = woman; ◄ daughter of Elon the Hittite; ► wife of Esau

GEN 36:2 · GEN 36:4 · GEN 36:10 · GEN 36:12 · GEN 36:16

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עָדָה n.pr.f. wife, of Lamech

of Esau

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Bible Occurrences (8)

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