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Adar

Meaning of “Adar”

Sense 1: Adar, the twelfth month named in Ezra and Esther. Sense 2: The place Adar and the final component of Ataroth-adar in Joshua.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

11 occurrences11 verses3 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Joshua 15:3

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Joshua 15:3

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And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Joshua 15:3 · retained source text

And it went out to the Southside to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended vp on the Southside vnto Kadesh-Barnea: and passed along to Hezron, and went vp to Adar, and fetched a compasse to Karkaa.

1611 marginal noteOr, the going vp to Acrabbim

Joshua 18:13

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And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth-el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Joshua 18:13 · retained source text

And the border went ouer from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, (which is Bethel) Southward, and the border descended to Ataroth-Adar, neere the hill that lieth on the South side of the nether Beth-horon.

Complete reference index — all 11 verses

Joshua 15:3 Joshua 18:13 Ezra 6:15 Esther 3:7 Esther 3:13 Esther 8:12 Esther 9:1 Esther 9:15 Esther 9:17 Esther 9:19 Esther 9:21

Where “Adar” appears

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Joshua2 occurrences
2 verses Ezra1 occurrence
1 verse Esther8 occurrences
8 verses

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Definition evidence

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Joshua 15:3 Joshua 18:13 Esther 3:7 Esther 3:13 Esther 9:1 Esther 9:15 Esther 9:19 Esther 9:21

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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A Hebrew month, answering to the latter part of February, and the beginning of March, the 12th of the sacred and 6th of the civil year; so named to become glorious, from the exuberance of vegetation, in that month, in Egypt and Palestine.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 123