Lexical Definition

‎פַּדָּן‎ Paddân (pad-dawn') Paddan ^N:N--L
from an unused root meaning to extend; a plateau; or פַּדַּן אֲרָם Paddan ʼĂrâm (pad-dan' ar-awm'); from the same and ‎אֲרָם‎; the table-land of Aram

Padan, Padan-aram.

• § Padan or Padan-aram = "field"
• Paddan or Paddan-Aram, a region of Syria

1) a plain or tableland in northern Mesopotamia in Aram, a region of Syria

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פַּדָּן‎₁₁ proper name, of a location (? garden, field; compare ᵑ7 ‎פַּדְּנָא‎ yoke, span of oxen; Syriac yoke, whence, as loan-word Arabic Frä¹²⁹; Assyrian padanu, = road, and also garden, etc. (in word-lists, see KAT3/4, 612); also Nö^{Aramaic in Ency. Bib}.); — ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Gen 48:7, abbreviated from ‎פַּדַּןאֲֿרָם‎ (? = garden, field of [in] Aram; conjectures by many that ‎שְׂדֵה אֲרָם‎ Hos 12:13* is Hebrew translation, compare Di^{Gen 25:20}) Gen 25:20 + 5 t.; ‎׳‎‎פַּדֶּ֫נָה א‎ Gen 28:2 f. (see ‎אֲרָם‎ b; all P); ᵐ5 Μεσοποταμία (Συρίας); perhaps Paddânâ, near Haran (and Tel Fedd¹n of Arabic geography), see Nö^l.c.

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Paddan-aram • The homeland of the patriarchs in Mesopotamia

Paddan, also known as Paddan-aram or Aram, was the homeland of the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, located in Mesopotamia.

• A location first mentioned at Gen.25.20;
• referred to as Paddan פַּדָּן, or Paddan/-aram (KJV= Padan-aram) פַּדָּן אֲרָם, or Aram אֲרָם, or Aramean אֲרַמִּי.
  

Paddan, also referred to as Paddan-aram or Aram, was a region in Mesopotamia that played a significant role in the lives of the biblical patriarchs. It was the homeland of Abraham's family, and the place where Isaac and Israel (or 'Jacob') found their wives (Gen. 25:20; 28:2, 5-7). The name "Paddan-aram" means "the plain of Aram" or "the field of Aram," referring to the area's geographical characteristics and its association with the Arameans.

Rebekah, Isaac's wife, was from Paddan-aram (Gen. 25:20). Later, Jacob fled to Paddan-aram to escape his brother Esau's anger and to find a wife from among his relatives (Gen. 28:2, 5-7). During his time there, Jacob married Leah and Rachel and fathered eleven of his twelve sons (Gen. 35:23-26). Jacob eventually left Paddan-aram to return to Canaan with his family and possessions (Gen. 31:18; 33:18).

The Arameans, who inhabited Paddan-aram, are mentioned as the ancestors of the Israelites in the context of God's deliverance and blessing (Deut. 26:5). The prophet Hosea also refers to Jacob's flight to Paddan-aram and his service for a wife (Hos. 12:12).

All entries for Paddan or Paddan-aram or Aram or Aramean: פַּדָּן ☩ אֲרָם ☩ אֲרַמִּי