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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

ad'-an ('addan; in Ne 'addon; connected in some way with the name of the god Addu): A name mentioned in the list of the returning exiles (Ezr 2:59, duplicated in Ne 7:61). It is one of several names of Babylonian localities from which came men who were unable to declare their genealogy as Israelites.