adar Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
adar in Easton's Bible Dictionary
large, the sixth month of the civil and the twelfth of the ecclesiastical year of the Jews (Esther 3:7, 13; 8:12; 9:1, 15, 17, 19, 21). It included the days extending from the new moon of our March to the new moon of April. The name was first used after the Captivity. When the season was backward, and the lambs not yet of a paschal size, or the barley not forward enough for abib, then a month called Veadar, i.e., a second Adar, was intercalated.
adar in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(high), a place on the south boundary of Judah. #Jos 15:3|
adar in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
A'DAR (height), a town on the southern boundary of Judah, [scripture]Josh. 15: 3[/scripture], and the same as Hazar-addar, Num 34:4; possibly the modern Ais el-Kadeirat.
adar in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Hebrew Addar. (See ADDAR). Southern boundary of Judah and the Holy Land, called also Hazar-Addar: Joshua 15:3. (See HAZAR-ADDAR).