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    Adair

    uh-DAIR

    Meaning

    Oak tree ford; Fortune

    Scottish/Gaelic origin · Boy

    What it points to

    Adair is the oak of Mamre — the strong tree where God appears, where angels visit, where heaven meets earth.

    Verses · King James Version

    “And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.”

    Genesis 18:1

    “To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness.”

    Isaiah 61:3

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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