עָדָהʻÂdâh
proper name, feminine: wife
Pronunciation: aw-daw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5711
Meanings
1. of Lamech (Genesis 4:19; Genesis 4:20; Genesis 4:23)
2. of Esau (Genesis 36:2; Genesis 36:4; Genesis 36:10)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 4:19 Lamech married two women. The first was named Adah, and the second was Zillah.
- Genesis 4:20 Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the first of those who raise livestock and live in tents.
- Genesis 4:23 One day Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; listen to me, you wives of Lamech. I have killed a man who attacked me, a young man who wounded me.
- Genesis 36:2 Esau married two young women from Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite.
- Genesis 36:4 Adah gave birth to a son named Eliphaz for Esau. Basemath gave birth to a son named Reuel.
- Genesis 36:10 These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz, the son of Esau’s wife Adah; and Reuel, the son of Esau’s wife Basemath.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).