H0146 H0146
Addar (place/personal name: 'noble' or 'mighty')
A name appearing in two contexts: a town on Judah's southern border (Joshua 15:3, where it's called 'Addarah') and a Benjamite person (1 Chronicles 8:3). As a place name, it pairs with Hezron (Hezron-addar or Hazar-addar in Numbers 34:4), marking a point on Israel's southern boundary. As a personal name, it appears among the sons of Bela, though some scholars see it as a textual variant of 'Ard' (Genesis 46:21, Numbers 26:40). The root suggests nobility or might.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The geographic Addar/Addarah lies on Judah's southern frontier, part of the boundary description inherited from earlier tribal allotments. The Benjamite Addar appears in Chronicles' genealogy, possibly representing a scribal variant for 'Ard' found in other Bela genealogies. Whether the consonantal text shifted (resh/dalet confusion) or these represent distinct individuals remains debated. The name's meaning ('noble' or 'mighty') fits onomastic patterns for both persons and places—towns might be named for qualities (Hazor = enclosure) or founders, individuals for aspirational virtues. 2×
AR["أَدَّار", "أَدّارةَ"]·ben["আদ্দর", "আদ্দারা"]·DE["Addarah", "[אדר]"]·EN["Addar", "Addarah"]·FR["Addarah", "[אדר]"]·heb["אדר", "אדרה"]·HI["अद्दार", "अद्दारा"]·ID["Adar"]·IT["Addarah", "[אדר]"]·jav["Adar"]·KO["아다라로", "앗달"]·PT["Adar", "Addarah"]·RU["Аддар", "в-Аддар"]·ES["Adar"]·SW["Adara", "Adari"]·TR["Addar", "Addaraya"]·urd["ادار", "ادارہ"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אַדָּר n.pr.m. (noble?). 1. son of Bela, grandson of Benjm. 1 Ch 8:3 (perhaps error—cf. Be—for אַרְדְּ q.v. Nu 26:40 Gn 46:21). 2. city in Judah Jos 15:3 (אַדָּ֫רָה); = חֲצַר אַדָּר (q.v.) Nu 34:4.