Adah
עָדָהStrong’s H5711adah (a-dah)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Adah is the Hebrew word usually translated “adah” and “o adah”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.”
Meaning
- The 1st of the 2 wives of Lamech and mother of Jabal and Jubal
- A Hittitess, 1 of the 3 wives of Esau and mother of Eliphazalso called 'Bashemath'
- Hittite wife of Esau, daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebaioth
- Daughter of Solomon, wife of Ahimaaz, one of Solomon's commissariat officers
How it's translated
- adah 7
- o adah 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 8
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 4:20And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
- Genesis 4:23And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
- Genesis 36:2Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
- Genesis 36:4And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
- Genesis 36:10These are the names of Esau’s sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
- Genesis 36:12And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.
Hebrew dictionary
עָדָה adah · 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'
בָּֽשְׂמַת bosmat · Basemath
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; Another name of a.dah (עָדָה "Adah" H5711H) § Bashemath or Basmath = "spice" 1) Hittite wife of Esau, daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebaioth 2) daughter of Solomon, wife of Ahimaaz, one of Solomon's commissariat officers
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.