Atad

Atad is an Old Testament Hebrew name meaning buckthorn.

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Atad was the place where Joseph and his brothers, 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" (Genesis 50:10–11). It was probably near Hebron,^{[citation needed]} although it is described in these verses of Genesis as "beyond (west of) the River Jordan" and associated with threshing.

'Atad' is rendered as “bramble” in Judges 9:14–15, and as “thorns” in Psalm 58:9.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Atad". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.