Dictionaries :: Addan

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Addan:

ad'-an ('addan; in Ne ‘addon; connected in some way with the name of the god Addu): A name mentioned in the list of the returning exiles (Ezr 2:59, duplicated in Ne 7:61). It is one of several names of Babylonian localities from which came men who were unable to declare their genealogy as Israelites.

Nave's Topical Bible

Addan: Uncertain Whether Person or Town

Called also ADDON

Ezr 2:59; Neh 7:61

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Addan:

(strong or stony) one of the places from which some of the captivity returned with Zerubbabel to Judea who could not show their pedigree as Israelites (Ezra 2:59). Called ADDON (Nehemiah 7:61).