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(Heb. Adah', òָãָä , ornament; Sept. Á᾿äÜ ), the name of two women.
1. The first named of the two wives of the Cainite Lamech, and mother of Jabal and Jubal (Gen_4:19-20; Gen_4:23). B.C. cir. 3600. 2. The first of the three wives of Esau, being the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and the mother of Eliphaz (Gen_36:2; Gen_36:4; Gen_36:10; Gen_36:12; Gen_36:16). B.C. 1964. She is elsewhere confounded with BASHEMATH SEE BASHEMATH (Gen_26:34). SEE ESAU.