ʻÂdîyn — H5720

Definition

masculine proper noun

Adin, the name of two Israelites

1. Adin = "dainty" or "delicate"
2. ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel
3. a chief among the returned exiles who signed the covenant with Nehemiah

Usually translated as

Adin

Origin

the same as H5719

• Same as ʻâdîyn (H5719)

Occurrences

ʻÂdîyn occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (2), Nehemiah (2)

• Ezra 2:15 — The children of Adin (עָדִ֔ין), four hundred fifty and four.
• Ezra 8:6 — Of the sons also of Adin (עָדִ֔ין); Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
• Nehemiah 7:20 — The children of Adin (עָדִ֔ין), six hundred fifty and five.
• Nehemiah 10:16 — Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin (עָדִֽין),