Bible Location
Meaning: a thorn · 2 cross references
Atad was the place of mourning for Jacob during the funeral journey from Egypt to Canaan. It is important because it became associated with great lamentation and the naming of Abel-mizraim. First appears in Gen 50:10.1
Place meaning
a thorn
First appears
Gen 50:10
AI summary: Atad matters because grief shapes the place's memory. Joseph and his brothers stop there to mourn Jacob with great public lament, and the event is so striking that the surrounding people rename the place accordingly. The cross references present Atad as a place of mourning, transition, and family honor.1
Place meaning
a thorn
Bible references
2
Buckthorn, a place where Joseph and his brethren, when on their way from Egypt to Hebron with the remains of their father Jacob, made for seven days a “great and very sore lamentation.” On this account the Canaanites called it “Abel-mizraim” (Gen. 50:10, 11). It was probably near Hebron. The word is rendered “bramble” in Judg. 9:14, 15, and “thorns” in Ps. 58:9. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.