Every Name in Tanakh

עָדָה Adah

Every verse in which this name stands — 8 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 79×8 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for two women. The name stands eight times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 4:19 and last at Genesis 36:16.

Genesis 4:19בראשית ד:יט

וַיִּֽקַּֽח־לוֹ לֶמֶךְ שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים שֵׁם הָֽאַחַת עָדָה וְשֵׁם הַשֵּׁנִית צִלָּֽה

And Lamech took unto him two wives; the name of one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

Genesis 4:20בראשית ד:כ

וַתֵּלֶד עָדָה אֶת־יָבָל הוּא הָיָה אֲבִי יֹשֵׁב אֹהֶל וּמִקְנֶֽה

And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.

Genesis 4:23בראשית ד:כג

וַיֹּאמֶר לֶמֶךְ לְנָשָׁיו עָדָה וְצִלָּה שְׁמַעַן קוֹלִי נְשֵׁי לֶמֶךְ הַאְזֵנָּה אִמְרָתִי כִּי אִישׁ הָרַגְתִּי לְפִצְעִי וְיֶלֶד לְחַבֻּרָתִֽי

And Lamech said unto his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech; For I have slain a man for wounding me, And a young man for bruising me;

Genesis 36:2בראשית לו:ב

עֵשָׂו לָקַח אֶת־נָשָׁיו מִבְּנוֹת כְּנָעַן אֶת־עָדָה בַּת־אֵילוֹן הַֽחִתִּי וְאֶת־אָהֳלִֽיבָמָה בַּת־עֲנָה בַּת־צִבְעוֹן הַֽחִוִּֽי

Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

Genesis 36:4בראשית לו:ד

וַתֵּלֶד עָדָה לְעֵשָׂו אֶת־אֱלִיפָז וּבָשְׂמַת יָלְדָה אֶת־רְעוּאֵֽל

And Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bore Reuel;

Genesis 36:10בראשית לו:י

אֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת בְּנֵֽי־עֵשָׂו אֱלִיפַז בֶּן־עָדָה אֵשֶׁת עֵשָׂו רְעוּאֵל בֶּן־בָּשְׂמַת אֵשֶׁת עֵשָֽׂו

These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau.

Genesis 36:12בראשית לו:יב

וְתִמְנַע הָיְתָה פִילֶגֶשׁ לֶֽאֱלִיפַז בֶּן־עֵשָׂו וַתֵּלֶד לֶאֱלִיפַז אֶת־עֲמָלֵק אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי עָדָה אֵשֶׁת עֵשָֽׂו

And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek. These are the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.

Genesis 36:16בראשית לו:טז

אַלּֽוּף־קֹרַח אַלּוּף גַּעְתָּם אַלּוּף עֲמָלֵק אֵלֶּה אַלּוּפֵי אֱלִיפַז בְּאֶרֶץ אֱדוֹם אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי עָדָֽה

the chief of Korah, the chief of Gatam, the chief of Amalek. These are the chiefs that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Adah.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Adah?

Adah — עדה in Hebrew — has a gematria of 79 in the standard method.

How many times is Adah named in the Tanakh?

8 times, first at Genesis 4:19.

A spelling is not a name. The written word עדה stands 12 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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