Adna (Hastings' Dictionary)
- A contemporary of Ezra, who married a foreign wife (Ezr lO**). t. The head of the priestly house of Harim in the time of the high priest Joiakim, the son of Jcsliua (Neh 12"). H. A. White.
This topic also has an entry in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Both articles offer independent scholarly perspectives.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Adna
Adna ad'-na (`adhna', "pleasure"; Aidaine): ⇒See a list of verses on ADNA in the Bible. (1) An Israelite in Ezra's time who, having married a foreign wife, divorced her. He belonged to Pahath-moab (Ezr 10:30). (2) A priest of the family of Harum, during the high-priesthood of Joiakim son of Jethua (Ne 12:12-15). ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.
Smith's Bible Dictionary on Adna
(rest, pleasure). One of the family of Pahath-moab, who returned with Ezra and married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:30) (B.C. 459.) A priest, descendant of Harim in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua. (Nehemiah 12:15) (B.C. 500.)
Fausset's Bible Dictionary on Adna
One of the sons of Pahath-Moab, who, on Ezra's (Ezr 10:30) monition (after that God had by great rains intimated His displeasure), put his strange wife away.
References
- Orr, J. (ed.) (1915) The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Chicago: Howard-Severance Company. [Public Domain]
- Easton, M.G. (1893) Easton's Bible Dictionary. 3rd edn. Thomas Nelson. [Public Domain]
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- Hastings, J. (ed.) (1909) A Dictionary of the Bible. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. [Public Domain]
- Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
- Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia