Addon

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Addon (Hebrew: אַדּוֹן, etymology unknown[1]) was one of the persons named in the Neh. 7:61 who could not "shew their father's house" on the return from captivity. This, with similar instances (ver. 63), indicates the importance the Jews attached to their genealogies.

References

Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainEaston, Matthew George (1897). "Addon". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.


  1. ^ Merrill Chapin Tenney (2011). Zondervan Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Zondervan. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-310-22983-4.