Strong H1908H1908Iהֲדַד
Hadad
One of the 3 senses of Strong H1908
- Transliteration
- hădad
- Pronunciation
- had-ad'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Hadad = "mighty"
General definition
Probably of foreign origin (compare H111);
{Hadad} the name of an {idol} and of several kings of Edom: - Hadad.
{Hadad} the name of an {idol} and of several kings of Edom: - Hadad.
In the biblical story
Hadad
An Edomite prince who opposed Solomon.
Hadad, an Edomite prince, fled to Egypt and later became an adversary to King Solomon.
In the Bible
Strong H1908I appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hadad5
First verses
- 1 Kings 11:14And the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in Edom.
- 1 Kings 11:17That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
- 1 Kings 11:19And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
- 1 Kings 11:21And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
- 1 Kings 11:25And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.