Hadad
And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that
he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of
Tahpenes the queen....
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Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke
Aliah, duke Jetheth,...
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And when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and
the name of his city [was] Pai; and his wife's name [was]
Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab....
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(Ugaritic 𐎅𐎄𐎆 Haddu) was a northwest Semitic storm and rain
god, cognate in name and origin with the Akkadian god Adad.
Hadad was often called simply Ba‘al (Lord), but this title was
also used for other gods. Hadad was equated with the Anatolian
storm-god Teshub, the Egyptian god Set, the Greek god Zeus,
and the Roman g...
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Multiple Biblical characters with the names Hadad or Hadar
existed. Ishmael had a son that is referred to by both names;
the last king of Edom also has both alternative names. One
Hadad ben Bedad was an earlier king of Edom....
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ha'-dad:
(1) (chadhadh, "sharpness"): One of the twelve sons of
Ishmael (Gen 25:15, where the King James Version, following
a mistake in Hebrew text, has "Hadar"; but "Hadad" is found
in parallel passage 1 Ch 1:30; the Revised Version (British
and American) reads "Hadad" in both places).
(2) (hadhadh): A king of Edom, son of Bedad (Gen 36:35,36...
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1. A successor of Husham as king of Edom
Vanquished the Midianites on the field of Moab
Ge 36:35; 1Ch 1:46
-2. A son of Ishmael
1Ch 1:30
Called HADAR in
Ge 25:15
-3. Successor of Baal-hanan, king of Edom
1Ch 1:50
Called HADAR in
Ge 36:39
-4. A prince of Edom
Adversary of Solomon
1Ki 11:14-22,25...
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(mighty), originally the indigenous appellation of the sun
among the Syrians, and thence transferred to the king as the
highest of earthly authorities. The title appears to have been
an official one, like Pharaoh. It is found occasionally in the
altered form Hadar. Ge 25:15; 36:39 compared with 1Chr 1:30,50
1. Son of Ishmael. Ge 25:15; 1Ch 1:3...
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Adod, brave(?), the name of a Syrian god. (1.) An Edomite king
who defeated the Midianites (Gen. 36:35; 1 Chr. 1:46).
(2.) Another Edomite king (1 Chr. 1:50, 51), called
also Hadar
(Gen. 36:39; 1 Chr. 1:51).
(3.) One of "the king's seed in Edom." He fled into
Egypt,
where he married the sister of Pharaoh's wife (1 Kings
11:14-22). He became...
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A name often recurring in the Syrian and Edomite dynasties,
meaning the sun; so applied as the official title to the
king, as supreme on earth as the sun is in the sky. It
appears in Ben-hadad, son, i.e. worshipper, of Hadad; Hadad-
ezer, helped by Hadad. It appears as Hadar. frontHADAR.)
(Genesis 25:15; compare 1 Chronicles 1:30; 1 Chronicles ...
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