BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H48
a.vi.ram — Abiram
A man of the tribe of Reuben living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.16.1; son of: Eliab (H0446H); brother of: Dathan (H1885) and Nemuel (H5241) § Abiram = "my father is exalted" or "(the) Exalted One is (my) father" 1) a Reubenite, son of Eliab in exodus 2) son of Hiel the Bethelite who worked to rebuild Jericho
9 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H446
e.li.av — Eliab
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.1.9; son of: Helon (H2497) § Eliab = "my God is father" or "God is father" 1) son of Helon, leader of Zebulun in the wilderness 2) a Reubenite chief, father of Dathan and Abiram 3) David's oldest brother 4) a Levite musician 5) a Gadite warrior for David 6) a Kohathite
20 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1885
da.tan — Dathan
A man of the tribe of Reuben living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.16.1; son of: Eliab (H0446H); brother of: Abiram (H0048) and Nemuel (H5241) § Dathan = "belonging to a fountain" a Reubenite chief, son of Eliab, who, with his brother, Abiram, joined Korah's conspiracy against Moses' authority
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5241
ne.mu.el — Nemuel
A man of the tribe of Reuben living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.26.9; son of: Eliab (H0446H); brother of: Dathan (H1885) and Abiram (H0048) § Nemuel = "day of God" 1) the eldest son of Simeon 2) a Reubenite, son of Eliab and brother of Dathan and Abiram in the time of the exodus
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7687
se.guv — Segub
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.16.34; son of: Hiel (H2419); brother of: Abiram (H0048H) § Segub = "exalted" 1) the youngest son of Hiel the Bethelite who rebuilt Jericho 2) a Judaite, son of Hezron
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6431
pe.let — Peleth
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.16.1; father of: On (H0203) § Peleth = "swiftness" 1) a Reubenite, father of On who rebelled with Dathan and Abiram in the days of the wilderness wanderings 2) son of Jonathan and a descendant of Jerahmeel of Judah
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2419
chi.el — Hiel
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.16.34; father of: Abiram (H0048H), Segub (H7687) § Hiel = "God lives" a native of Bethel who rebuilt Jericho in the reign of Ahab and in whom was fulfilled the curse pronounced by Joshua
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Father of height; i.e., “proud.” (1.) One of the sons of Eliab, who joined Korah in the conspiracy against Moses and Aaron. He and all the conspirators, with their families and possessions (except the children of Korah), were swallowed up by an earthquake (Num. 16:1-27; 26:9; Ps. 106:17). (2.) The eldest son of Hiel the Bethelite, who perished prematurely in consequence of his father’s undertaking to rebuild Jericho (1 Kings 16:34), according to the words of Joshua (6:26). (See JERICHO.)
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
