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Adin

Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia

(pleasant) (Ezra 2:15; Neh. 7:20; 10:16) — the proper name of one person. Some take the name Adin, as it stands in 2 Esdras (v. 15 [as given]), to be the name of a locality, since the statement in chapter 7, verse 20, of Nehemiah, that a single person had 655 sons, seems improbable; but it should be noted that the word “children,” or “sons,” in this and similar cases, generally stands for descendants, in which sense it is very often used.

Scripture cited

Ezra 2:15Nehemiah 7:20

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