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Strong's #1908 - הֲדַד
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Hadad = “mighty”
1) son of Ishmael
2) a king of Edom who gained an important victory over the Midianites on the field of Moab
3) another king of Edom, with Pau for his capital
4) a member of the royal house of Edom who escaped the massacre under Joab and fled with a band of followers into Egypt; after David’s death, he returned to his own country
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proper name, of a divinity Hebrew only in compound
proper name, masculine, see below) —
1 name of kings of Edom,
a. Genesis 36:35 = 1 Chronicles 1:46; Genesis 36:36 = 1 Chronicles 1:47 (הֲדָד֑);
b. 1 Chronicles 1:47 ("" Genesis 36:39 הֲדַר), Genesis 36:51 (הֲדָד֑).
2 an Edomite (הָאֲדֹמִ֑י) ׳ה 1 Kings 11:14,17,19,21 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 11:25 (הֲדָד֑); = אֲדַד 1 Kings 11:17.
הֲדַד [Hadad], pr.n. of a king of Edom, Genesis 36:35; 1 Chronicles 1:46, compare 50 1 Chronicles 1:50. Used elsewhere as the name of a Syrian idol. See בֶּן־הֲדַד p. 127. A.