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Addan

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(stony). One of the places from which Jewish captives returned (Ezra 2:59⁵⁹And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not show their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: (Ezra 2:59)). Addon (Neh. 7:61⁶¹And these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not show their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel. (Nehemiah 7:61)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

One of the places from which certain persons returned to the land, who “could not show their father’s house and their seed, whether they were of Israel” (Ezra 2:59⁵⁹And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not show their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: (Ezra 2:59)). In the parallel passage in Nehemiah 7:61⁶¹And these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not show their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel. (Nehemiah 7:61), it is ADDON.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

135 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

’Addan

Phonic:

ad-dawn’

Meaning:

intensive from the same as 134; firm; Addan, an Israelite

KJV Usage:

Addan

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

their hap

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Sorrow; firm; strong:―a place from which Jewish captives returned, Ezra 2:59. {Aerumna}