Adin
עָדִיןStrong’s H5720adin (a-din)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Adin is the Hebrew word usually translated “adin”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.”
Meaning
- Ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel
- A chief among the returned exiles who signed the covenant with Nehemiah
- Ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel
- A chief among the returned exiles who signed the covenant with Nehemiah
How it's translated
- adin 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 2
- Nehemiah 2
2 books in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
עָדִין adin · Adin
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.15 § Adin = "dainty" or "delicate" 1) ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel 2) a chief among the returned exiles who signed the covenant with Nehemiah
עָדִין adin · Adin
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.10.16 § Adin = "dainty" or "delicate" 1) ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel 2) a chief among the returned exiles who signed the covenant with Nehemiah
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.