הֲדַד
Hadad
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Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Every verse where H1908 appears in the Book of 1 Kings — 5 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 11:14 הֲדַ֣ד n Proper Yahweh raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
- 1 Kings 11:17 וַ/הֲדַ֖ד conj + n Proper that Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt, Hadad being yet a little child.
- 1 Kings 11:19 הֲדַ֥ד n Proper Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him as wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
- 1 Kings 11:21 וַ/הֲדַ֞ד הֲדַד֙ conj + n Proper n Proper When Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to my own country.
- 1 Kings 11:25 הֲדָ֑ד n Proper He was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, besides the mischief that Hadad [did]: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“Hadad” is the headline sense of the Hebrew name הדד (Hădad). First canonically at Genesis 36:35, it enters the text early. With 11 verses in 3 books, it is an uncommon word in the Hebrew Bible. It concentrates in 1 Kings, which alone accounts for 45% of its uses. See 11-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H1908 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 11
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 11 distinct verses.
- 3 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 3 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #2,101
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 2,101 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 11 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- 1 Kings 5 verses 45%
- 1 Chronicles 4 verses 36%
- Genesis 2 verses 18%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 11 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 5 verses · 45%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 4 verses · 36%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 2 verses · 18%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Hadad 12×
- American Standard Version: Hadad 12×
- Berean Standard Bible: Hadad 10×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Hadad 12×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H1908 across 12 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H1908 across 12 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H1908 across 11 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H1908 across 12 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 4 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. name of kings of Edom,
- a. Gn 36:35 = 1 Ch 1:46, Gn 36:36 = 1 Ch 1:47 (הֲדָ֑ד); e.g. Genesis 36:35
- b. 1 Ch 1:50 (‖ Gen 36:39 הֲדַר, v 51 (הֲדָ֑ד). e.g. 1 Chronicles 1:50
- 2. an Edomite (הָאֲדֹמִ֑י) ה׳ 1 K 11:14, 17, 19, 21(×2), 25 (הֲדָ֑ד); = אֲדַד v 17. e.g. 1 Kings 11:14
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.pr.m. Hadad (𝔊 Ἀδερ but v. הדד Aramaic n.pr.div. DHMAltsem. Inschr. von Sendschirli 56, and n.pr. עבדהדד ScholzGötzendienst 245, הדדנדנאח EutSBAk 1887, 410 cf. BaeRel. 68 & sub. בן־הדד p. 122; also Adda, etc., in cpd. n.pr. BezTell el-Amarna BM 155; Hadad, Adad, Addu is known as an Aramaic deity, weather or storm-god, cf. BaeRel. 67.68; perhaps = thunderer DlZK 1885, 166 Bael.c., cf. רִמּוֹן; on Hadad in Arabia cf. WeSkizzen iii. 51; Sab. הדד Hal 27; as n.pr.div. Heb. only in cpd. n.pr.m., v. infr.)—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from אדד (ʼĂdad) (H111) — Hadad.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
דֹּד
- , v. דּוֹד
דַּד
- (b. h.; = דודו, v. דוה; cmp. דְּהֵין) breast, nipple, teat. Sabb. 144ᵇ. Sifré Num. 89; Tosef. Sot. IV, 3 (ed. Zuck. שד); a. e.—Trnsf. spigot. Yoma III, 10.—Pl. דַּדִּים. Ber. 10ᵃ. Y. Yeb. II, 3ᵈ; a. fr.
דַּד ²
- Ab. Zar. 26ᵃ she may smear poison לד׳ מאבראי on her breast outside.—Pl. דַּדִּין, דַּדַּיָּא. Targ. Is. XXXII, 12 (ed. Lag. תדין).—Lam. R. to I, 1 רבתי (חד מאת׳ 6) ותרין מזגין אילין תרין דדיא (not דדא) the two bottlers (in the riddle) are the two breasts. Gen. R. s. 98 יתברכון ד׳ וכ׳ blessed are the breasts which nursed such a son.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 7 distinct written forms H1908 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| הֲדָ֑ד | Noun, Proper | Genesis 36:36 | 4 |
| הֲדַ֣ד | Noun, Proper | Genesis 36:35 | 3 |
| הֲדַ֔ד | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 1:50 | 1 |
| הֲדַ֥ד | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 11:19 | 1 |
| הֲדַד֙ | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 11:21 | 1 |
| וַ/הֲדַ֖ד | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 11:17 | 1 |
| וַ/הֲדַ֞ד | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 11:21 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H1908, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Hadad). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
Adod, brave(?), the name of a Syrian god. (1.) An Edomite king who defeated the Midianites (Gen. 36:35; 1 Chr. 1:46).
(2.) Another Edomite king (1 Chr. 1:50, 51), called also Hadar (Gen. 36:39; 1 Chr. 1:51).
(3.) One of "the king's seed in Edom." He fled into Egypt, where he married the sister of Pharaoh's wife (1 Kings 11:14-22). He became one of Solomon's adversaries.
Hadad, sharp, (a different name in Hebrew from the preceding), one of the sons of Ishmael (1 Chr. 1:30). Called also Hadar (Gen. 25:15).
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(mighty), originally the indigenous appellation of the sun among the Syrians, and thence transferred to the king as the highest of earthly authorities. The title appears to have been an official one, like Pharaoh. It is found occasionally in the altered form Hadar. (Genesis 25:15; 36:39) compared with 1Chr 1:30,50
+ Son of Ishmael. (Genesis 25:15; 1 Chronicles 1:30) + A king of Edom who gained an important victory over the Midianites on the field of Moab. (Genesis 36:35; 1 Chronicles 1:46) + Also a king of Edom, with Pau for his capital. (1 Chronicles 1:50) + A member of the royal house Or Edom. (1 Kings 11:14) ff. In his childhood he escaped the massacre under Joab, and fled with a band of followers into Egypt. Pharaoh, the predecessor of Solomon's father-in-law, treated him kindly, and gave him his sister-in-law in marriage. After David's death Hadad resolved to attempt the recovery of his dominion. He left Egypt and returned to his own country.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
joy; noise; clamor
Classic public-domain reference works; full attribution on Sources.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 7 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 11 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
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