Adonikam

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Adonikam: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

father of a clan that returned from exile

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the Lord is raised

Hebrew

Strongs #0140: Mqynda 'Adoniyqam

Adonikam = "my lord arose"

1) the head of an Israelite clan who returned from exile

140 'Adoniyqam ad-o-nee-kawm'

from 113 and 6965; lord of rising (i.e. high); Adonikam, the
name of one or two Israelites:-Adonikam.
see HEBREW for 0113
see HEBREW for 06965

Adonikam [EBD]

whom the Lord sets up, one of those "which came with Zerubbabel" (Ezra 2:13). His "children," or retainers, to the number of 666, came up to Jerusalem (8:13).

Adonikam [NAVE]

ADONIKAM, called also Adonijah, a Jew who returned with Ezra from Babylon, Ezra 2:13; Neh. 7:18; 10:16.

ADONIKAM, OR ADONIKAM [SMITH]

The sons of Adonikam, 666 in number, were among those who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:13; Nehemiah 7:18); 1Esd 5:14 (B.C. 506-410.) The name is given as ADONIJAH in (Nehemiah 10:16)

ADONIKAM [ISBE]

ADONIKAM - ad-o-ni'-kam ('adhoniqam, "my lord has risen up"): The name of a family of the returning exiles (Ezr 2:13; Neh 7:18). "The sons of Adonikam," men and women and children, numbered 666 according to the list as given in Ezr, but 667 according to the copy in Neh. Either included among these or in addition to them was the contingent that came with Ezr, "Ehphalet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 males" (Ezr 8:13).