Lexical Definition

‎הֲדַד‎ Hădad (had-ad') Hadad ^N:N-M-P
probably of foreign origin (compare ‎אֲדַד‎)

Hadad.

• § Hadad = "mighty"
• Hadad, the name of an idol, and of several kings of Edom

1) son of Ishmael
2) a king of Edom who gained an important victory over the Midianites on the field of Moab
3) another king of Edom, with Pau for his capital
4) a member of the royal house of Edom who escaped the massacre under Joab and fled with a band of followers into Egypt; after David's death, he returned to his own country

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: אֲדַד

‎הֲדַד‎ proper name, masculine Hadad (ᵐ5 Ἀδερ but see ‎הדד‎ Aramaic proper name, of divinity DHM^{Altsem. Inschr. von Sendschirli 56, and n.pr} ‎עבדהדד‎ Scholz^{Götzendienst 245,} ‎הדדנדנאח‎ Eut^{SBAk 1887, 410} compare Bae^{Rel 68} & below ‎בןהֿדד‎ p.122; also Adda, etc., in compound proper name Bez^{Tell el-Amarna BM 156}; Hadad, Adad, Addu is known as an Aramaic deity, weather- or storm-god, compare Bae^{Rei 67.68}; perhaps = thunderer Dl^{ZK 1885, 166} Bae^l.c., compare ‎רִמּוֺן‎; on Hadad in Arabia compare We^{Skizzen iii. 51}; Sabean ‎הדד‎ Hal²⁷; as proper name, of a divinity Hebrew only in compound proper name, masculine, see below) —

1. name of kings of Edom,
a. Gen 36:35 = 1Chr 1:46; Gen 36:36 = 1Chr 1:47 (‎הֲדָד֑‎);
b. 1Chr 1:47 (|| Gen 36:39 ‎הֲדַר‎), vGen 36:51 (‎הֲדָד֑‎).

2. an Edomite (‎הָאֲדֹמִ֑י‎) ‎׳‎‎ה‎ 1Kgs 11:14; 1Kgs 11:17; 1Kgs 11:19; 1Kgs 11:21 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 11:25 (‎הֲדָד֑‎); = ‎אֲדַד‎ v1Kgs 11:17.

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