H1909 H1909
Hadadezer — the Aramean king of Zobah defeated by David; name means 'Hadad is (my) help'
An Aramean royal name meaning 'Hadad is help,' borne by the king of Zobah whom David decisively defeated. The alternate spelling Hadarezer (found in Chronicles) reflects a scribal substitution of -r- for -d-, but ancient Aramaic inscriptions confirm Hadadezer as the original form. All 21 occurrences, whether preceded by prepositions or standing alone, refer to this single historical figure whose repeated clashes with Israel are narrated in 2 Samuel 8 and 10 and mirrored in 1 Chronicles 18-19.
Senses
1. Hadadezer (king of Zobah) — The proper name of the Aramean king of Zobah, son of Rehob, whose military forces David routed in campaigns recorded in 2 Samuel 8:3-12 and 10:16-19. Multilingual glosses uniformly transliterate the name (Hadadezer, Hadad-ezer, Hadadeser), and the LXX form Ἁδρααζαρ preserves a variant tradition. Also mentioned in 1 Kings 11:23 in connection with Rezon's earlier flight from Hadadezer's service. 21×
AR["لِ-هَدَدَعَزَرَ", "هَدَدعَزَرَ", "هَدَدعَزَرُ", "هَدَدَعَزَرَ", "هَدَدَعَزَرُ", "هَدَدْعَزَرَ"]·ben["-জন্য", "সমস্ত-প্রকার", "সোনা", "হদদেষর", "হদদেষরের", "হদদেসর", "হদদেসরকে", "হদদেসরের", "হদদেসরের-বিরুদ্ধে"]·DE["Hadadeser", "Hadadezer", "gegen-Hadadezer", "zu-Hadadeser"]·EN["Hadadezer", "against-Hadadezer"]·FR["Hadadézer", "[הדדעזר]", "[להדדעזר]", "contre-Hadadézer"]·heb["ב-הדדעזר", "הדדעזר", "ל-הדדעזר"]·HI["हददएजेर", "हददएजेर-की", "हददएजेर-के", "हददेजर", "हददेजर-की", "हददेजर-के", "हददेजर-ने", "हददेजर-से"]·ID["Hadadezer", "dengan-Hadadezer"]·IT["Hadadezer", "contro-Hadadezer"]·jav["Hadad-Èzèr", "Hadadezer", "dhateng-Hadadezer", "kaliyan-Hadadezer"]·KO["에-하닷에셀", "에게-하닷에셀", "하다데세르", "하닷에셀", "하닷에셀과", "하닷에셀을", "하닷에셀의", "하닷에셀이"]·PT["(a)-Hadad'ezer", "Hadad'ezer", "Hadadezer", "a-Hadadezer", "contra-Hadad'ezer"]·RU["Ададезер", "Ададезера", "Ададэзера", "Хададэзер", "Хададэзера", "Хададэзеру", "для-Ададезера", "с-Хададэзером"]·ES["Hadad-ezer", "Hadadezer", "a-Hadad-ezer", "a-Hadadezer", "contra-Hadad-ezer"]·SW["Hadadezeri", "dhidi-ya-Hadadezeri", "la-Hadadezeri"]·TR["Hadadezer", "Hadadezer'e", "Hadadezer'i", "Hadadezer'in", "Hadadezer'le"]·urd["ہدد-عزر", "ہدد-عزر-سے", "ہدد-عزر-نے", "ہدد-عزر-کی", "ہدد-عزر-کی۔", "ہدد-عزر-کے", "ہددعزر", "ہددعزر-کی", "ہددعزر-کے"]
2 Sam 8:3, 2 Sam 8:5, 2 Sam 8:7, 2 Sam 8:8, 2 Sam 8:9, 2 Sam 8:10, 2 Sam 8:10, 2 Sam 8:12, 2 Sam 10:16, 2 Sam 10:16, 2 Sam 10:19, 1 Kgs 11:23 (+9 more)
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
† הֲדַדְעֶ֫זֶר n.pr.m. Hadadezer (so Aramaic inscr. הדדעזר EutSBAk 1885, 679 cf. BaeRel. 67; 𝔊 throughout (erroneously) Ἁδρα(α)ζαρ;—Hadad is help(er), cf. COT 1 K 20:1 & Ph. אשמנעזר); king of צוֹבָה (q.v.), son of רְחֹב defeated by David 2 S 8:3, 5, 10, 12; הֲדַדְעָ֑זֶר v 7, 8, 9, 10 (= הֲדַרְעֶזֶר q.v. 10:16(×2), 19 1 Ch 18:3, 5, 7, 8, 10(×2); 19:16, 19, all erron., v. inscr. supr., = cf. Bael.c. Dr on 2 S 8:3; 10:16); also 1 K 11:23.