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Nodab

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5114

נוֹדָ֑ב

no.dav — Nodab

A man of the Arabs living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.15; son of: Ishmael (H3458); brother of: Nebaioth (H5032), Kedar (H6938), Adbeel (H0110), Mibsam (H4017), Mishma (H4927), Dumah (H1746), Massa (H4854), Hadad (H2301), Tema (H8485), Jetur (H3195), Naphish (H5305) and Mahalath (H4258); also called Nodab at 1Ch.5.19; Another name of qe.de.mah (קֵ֑דְמָה "Kedemah" H6929) § Nodab = "nobility" an Arab tribe probably descended from Nodab, son of Ishmael and grandson of Abraham

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6929

קֵ֑דְמָה

qe.de.mah — Kedemah

A man of the Arabs living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.15; son of: Ishmael (H3458); brother of: Nebaioth (H5032), Kedar (H6938), Adbeel (H0110), Mibsam (H4017), Mishma (H4927), Dumah (H1746), Massa (H4854), Hadad (H2301), Tema (H8485), Jetur (H3195), Naphish (H5305) and Mahalath (H4258); also called Nodab at 1Ch.5.19; Also named: no.dav (נוֹדָ֑ב "Nodab" H5114) § Kedemah = "original" the youngest son of Ishmael

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Historical dictionary entry

Noble, probably a tribe descended from one of the sons of Ishmael, with whom the trans-Jordanic tribes made war (1 Chr. 5:19).

Scripture references

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

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