Adonijah = "my lord is Jehovah"

1. fourth son of David and Solomon's rival for the throne

2. Levite sent by Jehoshaphat to teach the Law

3. a chief of the people who co-operated with Nehemiah

Bigvai = "in my bodies"

1. an exile who returned under Zerubbabel, perhaps the head of a family

Adin = "dainty" or "delicate"

1. ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel

2. a chief among the returned exiles who signed the covenant with Nehemiah