`Adah - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Strong's H5711 עָדָה (`Adah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. `Adah (aw-daw') n/p. 1. ornament 2. Adah, the name of two women It has 8 linked Bible usages across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include adah. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
`Adah (aw-daw') n/p. 1. ornament 2. Adah, the name of two women [from H5710] KJV: Adah. Root(s): H5710
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Adah
Usage: 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'
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render `Adah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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8 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
And 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.
First 8 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5711.
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
And 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.
Esau 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;
And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
These 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.
And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5711, grouped by book.
Adah (Strong's H5711) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Adah". `Adah (aw-daw') n/p. 1. ornament 2. Adah, the name of two women
This page currently indexes 8 linked usages for Strong's H5711 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5711 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as adah. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.