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Elisheba

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H472

אֱלִישֶׁ֫בַע

e.li.she.va — Elisheba

A woman of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Exo.6.23; daughter of: Amminadab (H5992); sister of: Nahshon (H5177); married to Aaron (H0175); mother of: Nadab (H5070), Abihu (H0030), Eleazar (H0499) and Ithamar (H0385) § Elisheba = "my God has sworn" or "God is an oath" Aaron's wife

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H175

אַהֲרֹן

a.ha.ron — Aaron

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.4.14; son of: Amram (H6019) and Jochebed (H3115); brother of: Moses (H4872) and Miriam (H4813); married to Elisheba (H0472); father of: Nadab (H5070), Abihu (H0030), Eleazar (H0499) and Ithamar (H0385) Also named: Aarōn (Ἀαρών "Aaron" G0002) § Aaron = "light bringer" brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H499

אֶלְעָזָר

el.a.zar — Eleazar

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.23; son of: Aaron (H0175) and Elisheba (H0472); brother of: Nadab (H5070), Abihu (H0030) and Ithamar (H0385); married to daughter_of_Putiel (H6317H); father of: Phinehas (H6372) § Eleazar = "God has helped" 1) the high priest son of Aaron 2) Abinadab's son who cared for the ark 3) the priest who rebuilt and dedicated the restored walls of Jerusalem in time of Ezra 4) one of David's mighty warriors 5) a Levite 6) one of the line of Parosh

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H385

אִיתָמָר

i.ta.mar — Ithamar

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.23; son of: Aaron (H0175) and Elisheba (H0472); brother of: Nadab (H5070), Abihu (H0030) and Eleazar (H0499) § Ithamar = "coast of palms" fourth and youngest son of Aaron

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5070

נָדָב

na.dav — Nadab

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.23; son of: Aaron (H0175) and Elisheba (H0472); brother of: Abihu (H0030), Eleazar (H0499) and Ithamar (H0385) § Nadab = "generous" 1) eldest son of Aaron by Elisheba; struck dead before the sanctuary in the wilderness for kindling the censers with strange fire 2) son of king Jeroboam I of the northern kingdom of Israel and king of Israel for 2 years before being slain by Baasha 3) a Jerahmeelite, son of Shammai, of the tribe of Judah 4) a son of Gibeon of the tribe of Benjamin

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H30

אֲבִיהוּא

a.vi.hu — Abihu

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.23; son of: Aaron (H0175) and Elisheba (H0472); brother of: Nadab (H5070), Eleazar (H0499) and Ithamar (H0385) § Abihu = "he is (my) father" a son of Aaron destroyed for sacrificing strange fire to God

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5992

עַמִּינָדָב

am.mi.na.dav — Amminadab

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.23; son of: Ram (H7410); father of: Elisheba (H0472) and Nahshon (H5177) Also named: Aminadab (Ἀμιναδάβ "Amminadab" G0284) § Amminadab = "my kinsman is noble" 1) son of Ram or Aram and father of Nahshon or Naasson and an ancestor of Jesus; father-in-law of Aaron 2) a Kohathite Levite and chief of the sons of Uzziel 3) a Levite, son of Kohath; also 'Izhar'

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5177

נַחְשׁוֹן

nach.shon — Nahshon

A man of the tribe of Judah living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Exo.6.23; son of: Amminadab (H5992); brother of: Elisheba (H0472); father of: Salmon (H8007) Also named: Naassōn (Ναασσών "Nahshon" G3476) § Nahshon = "enchanter" son of Amminadab and prince of the Judah at the first numbering in the wilderness; 5th in descent from Judah in the genealogy of Christ

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Historical dictionary entry

God is her oath, the daughter of Amminadab and the wife of Aaron (Ex. 6:23).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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