Lexical Definition

‎אֲדָר‎ ʼĂdâr (ad-awr') Adar ^N:N--T
probably of foreign derivation; perhaps meaning fire

Adar.

• § Adar = "glorious"
• Adar, the 12th Hebrew month

1) twelfth month, corresponding to modern March-April

Extended Information

• Adar = "glorious"
• Also named: a.dar (‎א‎ֲ‎ד‎ָ‎ר‎ "Adar" אֲדָר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: אֲדָר
‎אֲדָר‎ proper noun [masculine] 12th (Babylonian) month = Feb.-Mar. (late Hebrew loan-word, = Babylonian A(d)-daru see Dl^{Wp. 188}, compare Al 3 93, meaning dubious perhaps adâru, be darkened, eclipsed, but see Dl^{W p. 190}) Esth 3:7; Esth 3:12; Esth 8:12; Esth 9:1; Esth 9:15; Esth 9:17; Esth 9:19; Esth 9:21 compare Palmyrene, Nabataean ‎אדר‎ Vog⁸ Eut^{Nab 24}.

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