Strong H5711H5711Gעָדָה

Adah

Transliteration: ‛âdâh
Pronunciation: aw-daw'
Morphology: Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person

Definition

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)

Meaning of the name

Adah = "ornament"

General definition

From H5710; ornament;
{Adah} the name of two women: - Adah.

In the biblical story

Adah

Wife of Lamech; mother of Jabal and Jubal

Adah was one of the two wives of Lamech, a descendant of Cain, and the mother of Jabal, the first to live in tents and raise livestock, and Jubal, the first to play the lyre and pipe.

In the Bible

Strong H5711G appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

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First verses

Genesis 4:19
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Genesis 4:20
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
Genesis 4:23
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.