Dictionary
Easton's Bible Dictionary -
Adonikam
Whom the Lord sets up, one of those "which came with Zerubbabel" (Ezra 2:13 ). His "children," or retainers, to the number of 666, came up to Jerusalem (8:13).
Hitchcock's Bible Names -
Adonikam
The Lord is raised
Fausset's Bible Dictionary -
Adonikam
(See ADONIJAH.)
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible -
Adonikam
ADONIKAM (‘my Lord has arisen’), Ezra 2:13 ; Ezra 8:13 , Neh 7:18 , Esther 5:14 Esther 5:14 ; 1Es 8:39 . The head of a Jewish family after the Exile; apparently called in Nehemiah 10:16 Adonijah .
Holman Bible Dictionary -
Adonikam
(ad oh ni' kuhm) Personal name meaning, “the Lord has arisen.” Family head of 666 persons who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel from Babylon about 537 B.C. (Ezra 2:13 ). Some members of the family returned with Ezra under Xerxes (Ezra 8:13 ). Compare Ezra 7:18 . Some Bible students think Adonikam is the same person as Adonijah in Nehemiah 10:16 .
Morrish Bible Dictionary -
Adonikam
One or more whose descendants returned from exile. Ezra 2:13 ; Ezra 8:13 ; Nehemiah 7:18 .
Sentence search
Adonikam - Adonikam (‘my Lord has arisen’), Ezra 2:13 ; Ezra 8:13 , Neh 7:18 , Esther 5:14 Esther 5:14 ; 1Es 8:39
Adoni'Kam, - The sons of Adonikam, 666 in number, were among those who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel
Adonikam - Some Bible students think Adonikam is the same person as Adonijah in Nehemiah 10:16
Eliphalet , Eliphelet - Son of Adonikam: one who returned from exile
Jeiel - Son of Adonikam: he returned from exile
Eliphelet - One of the sons of Adonikam who returned from exile ( Ezra 8:13 = Eliphalat of 1Es 8:39 )
Adoni'Jah - (2 Chronicles 17:8 ) ...
The same as Adonikam. (Nehemiah 10:16 ) [Adonikam ]
Eliph'Elet - ) ...
One of the leaders of the Bene-Adonikam who returned from Babylon with Ezra
je-i'el - ) ...
One of the Bene-Adonikam who formed part of the caravan of Ezra from Babylon to Jerusalem
Shemai'ah - ) ...
A descendant of Jeduthun the singer who lived in the reign of Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 29:14 ) ...
One of the sons of Adonikam who returned with Ezra
Shemaiah - Son of Adonikam
Shemaiah - One of the family of Adonikam ( Ezra 8:18 ), in 1Es 8:39 Samaias
Adonijah - Nehemiah 10:16, called Adonikam in Ezra 2:13, whose children were 666 (compare Revelation 13:18, the numerical mark of the beast), Revelation 8:13; Nehemiah 7:18; Nehemiah 10:16, but 667 in Nehemiah 7:18
Names - Adonikam signifies 'lord of the enemy,' Gesenius; but 'Adon is assisting,' Fürst
Adonijah - Perhaps = Adonikam , one of those that sealed the covenant ( Nehemiah 9:38 ; Nehemiah 10:16 )
Antichrist - The children of Adonikam are 666 in Ezra 2:13, but 667 in Nehemiah 7:18