עָדִין
a.din
Adin
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Analysis of עָדִין (Adin) Based on the lexical data provided, עָדִין (Adin) appears in the Hebrew Bible only once, which severely limits our ability to determine its precise meaning or semantic range. The entry identifies it as a proper noun—specifically a personal name—rather than a common word with a definable semantic field. A single occurrence provides no basis for establishing how the word was used, what range of meanings it might have carried, or what significance it held in Hebrew usage. Without access to the context of that single biblical occurrence or additional lexical information about the name's etymology or any comparable forms, we cannot reliably explain what this term meant to ancient Hebrew speakers or writers. The data provided is simply insufficient to offer meaningful analysis beyond acknowledging that Adin was apparently a person's name that appears somewhere in the biblical text. For any substantive understanding of this entry, one would need to consult the specific biblical passage where it occurs, examine any historical or genealogical context provided in that passage, and potentially compare it with similar names from the period to understand its significance.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence across the text