Lexicon :: Strong's H143 - 'ăḏār

אֲדָר
Transliteration
'ăḏār
Pronunciation
ad-awr'
Part of Speech
proper noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of foreign derivation
Strong’s Definitions

אֲדָר ʼĂdâr, ad-awr'; probably of foreign derivation; perhaps meaning fire; Adar, the 12th Hebrew month:—Adar.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H143 in the following manner: Adar (8x).

  1. Adar = "glorious"

    1. twelfth month, corresponding to modern March-April

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲדָר ʼĂdâr, ad-awr'; probably of foreign derivation; perhaps meaning fire; Adar, the 12th Hebrew month:—Adar.

STRONGS H143: Abbreviations
אֲדָר proper noun [masculine] 12th (Babylonian) month=Feb.—Mar. (late Hebrew loan-word,=Babylonian A(d)-daru see DlWp. 188, compare Al 3 93, meaning dubious perhaps adâru, be darkened, eclipsed, but see DlW p. 190) Esther 3:7, 13; Esther 8:12; Esther 9:1, 15, 17, 19, 21; compare Palmyrene, Nabataean אדר Vog8 EutNab 24.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H144.
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Esther

3:7; 3:12; 8:12; 9:1; 9:15; 9:17; 9:19; 9:21