אָטָד ʼâṭâd

Meaning

a thorn-tree (especially the buckthorn)

In the King James Version: Atad, bramble, thorn.

Derivation: from an unused root probably meaning to pierce or make fast;

Where it is used

• Genesis 50:10 When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.
• Genesis 50:11 When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.
• Judges 9:14 Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’
• Judges 9:15 But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’
• Psalms 58:9 Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—whether green or dry—He will sweep them away.