Bible Dictionary: Adar

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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Adar

high; eminent

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Adar

(high), a place on the south boundary of Judah. (Joshua 15:3)

ATS Bible Dictionary

Adar

The twelfth month of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and the sixth of the civil year. In this month occurred the celebrated feast of Purim. It nearly answers to our March. As the lunar year, which the Jews follow, is shorter than the solar year by eleven days, which after three years by eleven days, which, after three years, make about a month, they then insert a thirteenth month, which they call Ve- Adar, or a second Adar. See MONTH.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Large, the sixth month of the civil and the twelfth of the ecclesiastical year of the Jews (Esther 3:7, 13; 8:12; 9:1, 15, 17, 19, 21). It included the days extending from the new moon of our March to the new moon of April. The name was first used after the Captivity. When the season was backward, and the lambs not yet of a paschal size, or the barley not forward enough for abib, then a month called Veadar, i.e., a second Adar, was intercalated.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) The twelfth month of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and the sixth of the civil. It corresponded nearly with March.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ADAR (1)

a-'dar ('adhar, meaning uncertain): The Babylonian name of the twelfth month of the year. Used in the Bible only in Ezra 6:15 and eight times in Esther. At first the author in Esther defines Adar as the twelfth month, but afterward omits the numeral. In order to maintain the relation of the year to the seasons it was customary to add a second Adar, as often as was needed, as an intercalary month.

ADAR (2)

a'-dar: In the King James Version (Joshua 15:3) for ADDAR, which see.

Strong's Hebrew

143. Adar -- the twelfth month in the Jewish calendar
... 142, 143. Adar. 144 . the twelfth month in the Jewish calendar. Transliteration:
Adar Phonetic Spelling: (ad-awr') Short Definition: Adar. ...
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144. Adar -- the twelfth month in the Jewish calendar
... 143, 144. Adar. 145 . the twelfth month in the Jewish calendar. Transliteration:
Adar Phonetic Spelling: (ad-awr') Short Definition: Adar. ...
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5737c. adar -- to be lacking, fail
... 5737b, 5737c. adar. 5738 . to be lacking, fail. Transliteration: adar Short
Definition: missing. Word Origin a prim. ... 5737b, 5737c. adar. 5738 . ...
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5737. adar -- to help
... 5736, 5737. adar. 5737a . to help. Transliteration: adar Phonetic Spelling:
(aw-dar') Short Definition: dig. ... 5736, 5737. adar. 5737a . Strong's Numbers
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5737a. adar -- to help
... 5737, 5737a. adar. 5737b . to help. Transliteration: adar Short Definition:
helped. Word Origin a prim. ... 5737, 5737a. adar. 5737b . Strong's Numbers.
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5737b. adar -- to hoe
... 5737a, 5737b. adar. 5737c . to hoe. Transliteration: adar Short Definition:
cultivated. Word Origin a prim. ... 5737a, 5737b. adar. 5737c . Strong's Numbers
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142. adar -- wide, great
... 141, 142. adar. 143 . wide, great. Transliteration: adar Phonetic Spelling:
(aw-dar') Short Definition: majestic. Word Origin a prim. ... 141, 142. adar. 143 ...
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152. Adrammelek -- "Adar is prince," an Assyr. idol, also a son of ...
... 151, 152. Adrammelek. 153 . "Adar is prince," an Assyr. ... Word Origin
from adar and melek Definition "Adar is prince," an Assyr. ...
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5853. Atroth Addar -- a place on the border between Ephraim and ...
... Ataroth-adaraddar. From the same as Atarowth and 'Addar; crowns of Addar;
Atroth-Addar, a place in Palestine -- Ataroth-adar(-addar). see HEBREW Atarowth. ...
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115. Adorayim -- perhaps "two hills," a city in Judah
... Word Origin from adar Definition perhaps "two hills," a city in Judah NASB Word
Usage Adoraim (1). Adoraim. ... see HEBREW 'adar. 114, 115. Adorayim. 116 . ...
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Library

Syriac Calendar.
... so close as the names would indicate, since these commenced with the new moons,
and an intercalary month, Veadar, following their twelfth month Adar, was added ...
//christianbookshelf.org/unknown/the decretals/syriac calendar.htm

The Cleansing of the Temple - the Sign,' which is not a Sign.
... A month before the feast (on the 15th Adar) bridges and roads were put in repair,
and sepulchres whitened, to prevent accidental pollution to the pilgrims. ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter v the cleansing of.htm

The Stater in the Fish. (Matt. , xvii. , 27. )
... to Capernaum probably took place at the time set apart for collecting the Temple
tribute of half an ounce of silver, ie, the month Adar, corresponding nearly ...
/.../section 191 the stater in.htm

The Last Events in Galilee - the Tribute-Money, the Dispute by the ...
... [3752] Lastly, although the Mishnah lays it down, that the goods of those might
be distrained, who had not paid the Temple-tribute by the 25th Adar, it is ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter iii the last events.htm

The New Temple and Its Worship
... And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which
was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.16. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the new temple and its.htm

Queen Esther's Love for Her People
... On the fourteenth day of the month Adar, the Jews rested and made it a
day of feasting and rejoicing. Therefore the Jews who live ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/queen esthers love for her.htm

Esther
... of Haman. In memory of the deliverance, the Purim festival is celebrated
on the 14th and 15th of the month Adar. The popularity ...
//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction to the old testament/esther.htm

Tiberias.
... Hence is that, in the place but now cited; "Rabh Hezekiah read the Book of Esther
in Tiberias, on the fourteenth day (of the month Adar), and also on the ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 72 tiberias.htm

Some Miscellaneous Matters Respecting the Face of the Land.
... "Towns that were begirt with walls from the days of Joshua read it on the fifteenth
day" of the month Adar: "Villages and great cities read it the fourteenth ...
/.../from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 98 some miscellaneous matters.htm

The Net Spread
... of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day,
and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.8. And ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the net spread.htm

Thesaurus

Adar (10 Occurrences)
... backward, and the lambs not yet of a paschal size, or the barley not forward enough
for abib, then a month called Veadar, ie, a second Adar, was intercalated. ...
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Ataroth-adar (2 Occurrences)
Ataroth-adar. Atarothadar, Ataroth-adar. Atarothaddar . Multi-Version
Concordance Ataroth-adar (2 Occurrences). Joshua ...
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Thirteenth (12 Occurrences)
... they went on looking for a sign given by Pur (that is chance) before Haman, till
the sign came out for the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar. ...
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Purim (5 Occurrences)
... It became a national institution by the common consent of the Jews, and is observed
by them to the present day, on the 14th and 15th of the month Adar, a month ...
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Twelfth (20 Occurrences)
... of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day,
and from month to month, and chose the twelfth month, which is the month Adar...
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Fourteenth (25 Occurrences)
... Esther 9:15 The Jews who were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth
day also of the month Adar, and killed three hundred men in Shushan ...
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Pur (3 Occurrences)
... It became a national institution by the common consent of the Jews, and is observed
by them to the present day, on the 14th and 15th of the month Adar, a month ...
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Nicanor (1 Occurrence)
... Here on the 13th of the 12th month Adar (March), 161 BC, the Syrians sustained
a crushing defeat, Nicanor himself being the first to fall. ...
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Adra
... ADRAMMELECH and ANAMMELECH a-dram'-el-ek and a-nam'-el-ek ('adhrammelekh and
`anammelekh, apparently, according to Assyrian usage, "Adar is prince," "Anu is ...
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Karkaa (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary A floor; bottom, a place between Adar and Azmon, about
midway between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea (Joshua 15:3). ...
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Bible Concordance

Adar (10 Occurrences)

Joshua 15:3 And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
(KJV WBS YLT)

Ezra 6:15 This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 3:7 In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, and chose the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 3:13 Letters were sent by couriers into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to plunder their possessions.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 8:12 on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 9:1 Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the month, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to conquer them, (but it was turned out the opposite happened, that the Jews conquered those who hated them),
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 9:15 The Jews who were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and killed three hundred men in Shushan; but they didn't lay their hand on the spoil.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 9:17 This was done on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of that month they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 9:19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, a good day, and a day of sending presents of food to one another.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 9:21 to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month Adar yearly,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Adar

Adar: Son of Bela

Adar: Twelfth Month in Jewish Calendar

Related Terms

Ataroth-adar (2 Occurrences)

Thirteenth (12 Occurrences)

Purim (5 Occurrences)

Twelfth (20 Occurrences)

Fourteenth (25 Occurrences)

Pur (3 Occurrences)

Nicanor (1 Occurrence)