ADINA (ăd'ĭ-na, Heb. ‘ădhînā, perhaps voluptuous). A Reubenite and one of David’s military officers (1Chr.11.42).


ADINA ăd’ ə nə (עֲדִינָ֨א, adorned). The son of Shiza; a Reubenite chief who was one of David’s mighty men (1 Chron 11:42).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)

ad’-i-na, a-di’-na (`adhina’, "adorned"). "Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him" (1Ch 11:42). This is in that part of the list of David’s mighty men in which the Chronicler supplements the list given in 2 Samuel.