Word Study · Strong's H143 · Hebrew
אֲדָר
Adar
ad-awr'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼĂdâr
“Adar, the 12th Hebrew month”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Adar, the 12th Hebrew month
Rendered in the KJV as
Adar.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- אֲדָ֔ר3
- אֲדָ֑ר2
- אֲדָ֗ר1
- אֲדָֽר׃1
- אֲדָֽר׃ ס1
How it is rendered · 1
- Adar8
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)8
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- HNpt · 8
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The ledger of occurrences
Esther8 occurrences
- Esther 3:7אֲדָֽר׃ סʾadarproper noun (a name)In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.here: Adar
- Esther 3:13אֲדָ֑רʾadarproper noun (a name)And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.here: Adar
- Esther 8:12אֲדָֽר׃ʾadarproper noun (a name)The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.here: Adar
- Esther 9:1אֲדָ֗רʾadarproper noun (a name)On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them.here: Adar
- Esther 9:15אֲדָ֔רʾadarproper noun (a name)On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.here: Adar
- Esther 9:17אֲדָ֑רʾadarproper noun (a name)This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.here: Adar
- Esther 9:19אֲדָ֔רʾadarproper noun (a name)This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.here: Adar
- Esther 9:21אֲדָ֔רʾadarproper noun (a name)to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adarhere: Adar
Same headword in Strong's