How to Pronounce Atad

What does Atad mean?

Atad means “a thorn”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Where was Atad?

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.

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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