Adah

A woman, before the Flood · named in 3 verses

the name means ornament Strong's Lexicon

Adah was one of the two wives of Lamech, a descendant of Cain, and the mother of Jabal, the first to live in tents and raise livestock, and Jubal, the first to play the lyre and pipe.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Ornament. (1.) The first of Lamech's two wives, and the mother of Jabal and Jubal (Gen. 4:19, 20, 23).

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

Family

Partners Lamech

Children Jabal, Jubal

From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.

First named at Genesis 4:19.

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Verses that name Adah

Genesis 4:19 And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.
Genesis 4:20 Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.
Genesis 4:23 Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.