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Hadad in Wikipedia

(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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Hadad in Wikipedia

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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Hadad Scripture - 1 Kings 11:19

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 Scripture - 1 Chronicles 1:51

Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth,...

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Hadad Scripture - 1 Chronicles 1:50

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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Hadad in Naves Topical Bible

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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Hadad in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(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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Hadad in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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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Hadad in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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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Hadad in Hitchcock's Bible Names

joy; noise; clamor...

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