Bible Person

Adin

Meaning: Adina · Male · 3 cross references

Adin is the ancestral or house-name behind a returnee family in Ezra and Nehemiah. Like several restoration entries, it likely represents a remembered family line rather than a richly narrated individual. First appears in Ezra 2:15.1

AI summary: Adin matters because the cross references place the name among the returnees from exile and again within Ezra's later company. That repeated presence shows the house's continuing participation in the rebuilding and reconstitution of the community. Though not dramatic, it contributes to the fabric of restoration. Taken together, the material presents Adin as a returnee house whose members participate in the restored life of Jerusalem.1

Central Figure

Adin

Meaning: Adina

Ezra 8:6.