Strong H5725עֲדֻלָּם

Adullam

Transliteration
‛ădûllâm
Pronunciation
ad-ool-lawm'
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

Probably from the passive participle of the same as H5724; {Adullam} a place in Palestine: - Adullam.

Meaning of the name

Adullam = "justice of the people"

Detailed definition

Adullam, a city in Judah, known for its cave where David hid.

In the biblical story

Adullam

A Canaanite city, later fortified by Judah.

Adullam, a city in Judah, known for its cave where David hid.

In the Bible

Strong H5725 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • adullam8

First verses

  1. Joshua 12:15
    The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
  2. Joshua 15:35
    Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
  3. 1 Samuel 22:1
    David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him.
  4. 2 Samuel 23:13
    And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
  5. 1 Chronicles 11:15
    Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
  6. 2 Chronicles 11:7
    And Beth–zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
  7. Nehemiah 11:30
    Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer–sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
  8. Micah 1:15
    Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
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