Bible Person

Addi

Meaning: my witness; adorned; prey · Male · 1 cross reference

Addi is a post-exilic ancestor in Luke's genealogy between Cosam and Melchi. He belongs to the long line through which Luke frames Jesus within Israel's and humanity's history. First appears in Luke 3:28.1

AI summary: Addi matters because his single cross reference places him in Luke's genealogy, where even otherwise unknown names serve the larger purpose of tracing continuity toward Jesus. The entry contributes to the Gospel's expansive historical framing rather than to an individual narrative. Taken together, the material presents Addi as a genealogical link in Luke's ordered ancestry.1

Central Figure

Addi

Meaning: my witness; adorned; prey

Ornament, (Luke 3:28), the son of Cosam, and father of Melchi, one of the progenitors of Christ.