An ancestor of a group of people who returned to Judah with Zerubbabel after the exile in Babylon. A comparison of various lists shows that different groups of Adin’s descendants returned at different times (Ezra 2:15; 8:6; Nehemiah 7:20; 1 Esdras 5:14; 8:32).
→ View encyclopedia entryA political leader who signed Ezra’s promise to be faithful to God with Nehemiah and others after the exile in Babylon (Nehemiah 10:16).
Adin
This term has multiple meanings in the Bible:
From Tyndale Bible Dictionary, adapted by Mission Mutual. CC BY-SA 4.0.