People of the Bible

Adah (Genesis 4:19)

The name Adah means “an assembly.” Adah is mentioned in 3 verses of the Bible, first in Genesis 4:19.

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Who was Adah?

The first of Lamech’s two wives, and the mother of Jabal and Jubal (Gen. 4:19, 20, 23).

Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.

Key verses about Adah

  • Genesis 4:19

    And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

  • Genesis 4:20

    And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

  • Genesis 4:23

    And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

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