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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 →Welled; belonging to a fountain, a son of Eliab, a Reubenite, who joined Korah (q.v.) in his conspiracy, and with his accomplices was swallowed up by an earthquake (Num. 16:1; 26:9; Deut. 11:6; Ps. 106:17).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
