Addon

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Nehemiah 7:61

Holman Bible Dictionary

Addar

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ADDON . Nehemiah 7:61 . See Addan.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

See ADDAN.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ad'don. (lord). See Addan .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ad´on . See Addan .

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Ad´don One of several places mentioned in Nehemiah 7:61, being towns in the land of captivity, from which those who returned to Palestine were unable to 'shew their father's house, or their seed, whether they were of Israel.' This, probably, means that they were unable to furnish such undeniable legal proof as was required in such cases. And this is in some degree explained by the subsequent ( Nehemiah 7:63) mention of priests who were expelled the priesthood because their descent was not found to be genealogically registered. These instances show the importance which was attached to their genealogies by the Jews [GENEALOGY].

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Addon ’, אִדּוֹן, low or lord, or perhaps i. q. Iddo; Sept. ᾿Ηρών ) , the second of three persons mentioned in Nehemiah 7:61, who, on returning from the captivity to Palestine, were unable to "show their father ’ s house or their seed, whether they were of Israel," B.C. 536. This probably means that they were unable to furnish such undeniable legal proof as was required in such cases. And this is in some degree explained by the subsequent ( Nehemiah 7:63) mention of priests who were expelled the priesthood because their descent was not found to be genealogically registered. These instances show the importance which was attached to their genealogies by the Jews. (See Genealogy).

In Ezra 2:59, he is called ADDAN (See Addan) , but in 1 Esdras 5:36, his name is contained in CHARA-ATHALAR (See Chara-Athalar) . According to others, this is the name of a place in the land of the captivity, like Tel-melah and Tel-haresha preceding; but the names Cherub and Immer immediately adjoining appear to be those of men, and the Masoretic punctuation rather favors the distinction of these three names as residents of the two places just named.