אֲדַד
a.dad
Hadad
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Hadad (H1908I) Hadad is a proper noun appearing six times in the Hebrew Bible, functioning as a personal name rather than a common word with semantic range. Based on the limited lexical data provided, this term designates a specific individual or individuals in biblical narrative, though the entry itself does not clarify whether all six occurrences refer to a single person or multiple figures sharing the same name. Without additional contextual information in the lexicon entry—such as genealogical connections, historical period, or narrative role—the significance of Hadad within biblical literature cannot be determined from this data alone. The frequency of six occurrences suggests the figure held sufficient importance to merit multiple textual references, but the nature of that importance remains unstated in the provided definition. To understand Hadad's actual meaning and biblical significance, one would need to examine the specific passages where this name appears alongside their surrounding narrative context, genealogies, or historical notices. The lexicon entry as given provides only the transliteration and count, leaving fuller analysis dependent on information external to this particular data source.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
6 total occurrences across the text
Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt, when Hadad was still a little child.
1 Kings 11:19Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him as wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
1 Kings 11:21When Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Let me depart, that I may go to my own country.”
1 Kings 11:14Yahweh raised up an adversary to Solomon: Hadad the Edomite. He was one of the king’s offspring in Edom.
1 Kings 11:21When Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Let me depart, that I may go to my own country.”
1 Kings 11:25He was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, in addition to the mischief of Hadad. He abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.