command which had been imposed upon them. She took of the fruit of the forbidden tree and gave
it to her husband. The propriety of its name was immediately shown in the results which followed;
self-consciousness was the first-fruits of sin their eyes were opened and they knew that they were
naked. Though the curse of Adam’s rebellion of necessity fell upon him, yet the very prohibition
to eat of the tree of life after his transgression was probably a manifestation of divine mercy, because
the greatest malediction of all would have been to have the gift of indestructible life super-added
to a state of wretchedness and sin. The divine mercy was also shown in the promise of a deliverer
given at the very promise of a deliverer given at the very time the curse was imposed, (Genesis
3:15) and opening a door of hope to Paradise, regained for him and his descendants. Adam is stated
to have lived 930 years. His sons mentioned in Scripture are Cain, Abel and Seth; it is implied,
however, that he had others.
Adamah
(red earth), one of the “fenced cities” of Naphtali, named between Chinnereth and Ramah.
(Joshua 19:36)
Adamant
the translation of the Hebrew word Shamir in (Ezekiel 3:9) and Zech 7:12 In (Jeremiah 17:1)
it is translated “diamond.” In these three passages the word is the representative of some stone of
excessive hardness, and is used metaphorically. It is very probable that by Shamir is intended emery,
a variety of corundum, a mineral inferior, only to the diamond in hardness.
Adami
(my man, earth), a place on the border of Naphtali. (Joshua 19:33)
Adar
[Month]
(high), a place on the south boundary of Judah. (Joshua 15:3)
Adasa
(new), a place in Judea, about four miles from Beth-horon. 1Ma 7:40,45 [Hadashah]
Adbeel
(offspring of God), a son of Ishmael, (Genesis 25:13; 1 Chronicles 1:29) and probably the
progenitor of an Arab tribe. (B.C. about 1850.)
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)
Addar
(mighty one), son of Bela, (1 Chronicles 8:3) called Ard in (Numbers 26:40)
Adder
This word is used for any poisonous snake, and is applied in this general sense by the translators
of the Authorized Version. The word adder occurs five times in the text of the Authorized Version
(see below), and three times int he margin as synonymous with cockatrice, viz., (Isaiah 11:8; 14:29;
59:5) It represents four Hebrew words:
•Acshub is found only in (Psalms 140:3) and may be represented by the Toxicoa of Egypt and
North Africa.
•Pethen. [Asp]
frankie
(Frankie)
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