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עָדִין

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ʻâdîyn

H5719 adjective

SILEX Entry

Root עדן to be soft, to luxuriate, to be delicate

Definition

An adjective meaning 'delicate,' 'soft,' or 'luxurious,' characterizing a person as refined, gentle, or living in comfort and ease—often with the sense of being unaccustomed to hardship or roughness. The term may also convey the idea of being pampered or indulging in a lifestyle of pleasure and comfort.

Semantic Range

delicate, gentle, refined, living in luxury, pampered, soft, effete

Root / Etymology

From the root עָדַן (ʿ-d-n), meaning 'to be soft, delicate, luxuriate.' The adjective עָדִין derives directly from the root and embodies the sense of softness, delightfulness, or fineness.

Historical & Contextual Notes

In the Hebrew Bible, עָדִין appears primarily as a descriptive adjective, especially in poetic or wisdom literature, to depict someone as gentle or living in luxury. Its use emphasizes refinement or an untested, possibly effete character, sometimes with a critical undertone (cf. Isaiah 47:8; Proverbs 29:21). This differs from related roots such as רַךְ (rak, 'soft, tender') which focuses more on physical softness or youth rather than the implication of luxurious living. English translations sometimes render the term as 'delicate' or 'pampered,' which captures much of the sense but can obscure the more nuanced social implications of refinement and lack of adversity. In later Hebrew and Jewish literature, the idea of being 'עָדִין' comes to include connotations of politeness and gentility, but in the biblical context it refers chiefly to physical or social ease, sometimes contrasted with the roughness of the laboring or militarized Israelite society.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from עָדַן; voluptuous; given to pleasures.

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Root Family

עדן (ʿ-d-n) — softness, delicacy, luxuriating

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H4574 מַעֲדָן luxury delicacies
H5720 עָדִין Delicate One
H5721 עֲדִינָא Refined-one
H5722 עֲדִינוֹ Adino
H5727 עָדַן and they delighted themselves

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H5719-01 עֲדִינָה֙ adinah HAafsa sensual one delicate woman 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H5719-01 Isaiah 47:8 עֲדִינָה֙ adinah HAafsa sensual one delicate woman
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