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ʿādīn עָדִין ‘Adin’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: the same as ʿādīn עָדִין ‘voluptuous’
Roots: עדין

ʿādīn pr n m pers
Adin = "dainty" or "delicate"
1) ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel
2) a chief among the returned exiles who signed the covenant with Nehemiah

Mentioned in Ezra 2:15, 8:6 Nehemiah 10:17, 7:20

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