|
|
Origin of the name ADAR.
Etymology of the
name ADAR.
Meaning of the baby name ADAR.
|
|
|
|
|
| ADAR. Assyrian
name meaning "fire." (Encyclopedia Britannica, Chambers,
v.1, 1910). An Assyrian deity, the god of the thunderbolt and
storm-cloud. He was called "The Sun of the South," and was
also the deity of physical power, the analogue of the Herakles of the
Greeks. He was frequently called also Bar and Ninip.
(An Archaic Dictionary, Cooper, 1876)
ADAR (אַדָּר,
אֲדָר). Biblical.
(1)
[Addar, אַדָּר
(2) "amplitude, largeness"] (Josh. xv. 3—A.V.).
(2)
[Hebrew Adhár, אֲדָר,
from Assyrian Addaru = "dark," i.e.
"the dark month"].
The name given
after the captivity to the twelfth month of the Jewish year (Ezra vi. 15;
Esther iii. 7, 13; ix. 15). It is generally believed that it
extended from the new moon in February to that in March, and is called
approximately February. (The
Sunday School Teacher's Bible Manual, Hunter, 1894)
|
|
|
|
A-Z
Baby Names
|
|
Girl Names
A,
B, C,
D, E,
F, G,
H, I,
J, K,
L, M,
N, O,
P, Q,
R, S,
T, U,
V, W,
X, Y,
Z
Boy
Names
A,
B, C,
D, E,
F, G,
H, I,
J, K,
L, M,
N, O,
P, Q,
R, S,
T, U,
V, W,
X, Y,
Z
|
|
| *** |
|
New Page 1
|
|
| *** |
|
New Page 1
|
|
|
|
|
