Strong H5711H5711Hעָדָה
Adah
One of the 2 senses of Strong H5711
- Transliteration
- ‛âdâh
- Pronunciation
- aw-daw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Adah = "ornament"
General definition
From H5710; ornament;
{Adah} the name of two women: - Adah.
{Adah} the name of two women: - Adah.
In the biblical story
Adah
Hittite wife of Esau; mother of Eliphaz
Adah, also known as Basemath, was one of Esau's Hittite wives and the mother of Eliphaz, who became a chief in the land of Edom.
In the Bible
Strong H5711H appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- adah5
First verses
- Genesis 36:2Esau 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;
- Genesis 36:4And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
- Genesis 36:10These 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.
- Genesis 36:12And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.
- Genesis 36:16Duke 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.