HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H179
אוֹבִיל
o.vil — Obil
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.27.30 § Obil = "camel driver" manager of David's camels
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Obil
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G2043
ἐρείδω
ereidō — to immobilise
ἐρείδω (chiefly in poets and late prose for ἐρυγγάνω), [in LXX for תָּמַךְ (Pro.4:4 5:5 11:16, al.), etc. ;] to prop, fix firmly: act., as mid., ἐρείσασα, of a ship driving ashore (RV, struck), Act.27:41.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5082
נְדִיבָה
ne.di.vah — honor
1) nobility, nobleness, noble deeds 1a) nobility (of rank), honour 1b) noble things
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →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
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7798
שַׁוְשָׁא
shav.sah — Shavsha
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.8.17; father of: Elihoreph (H0456) and Ahijah (H0281); also called Shavsha at 1Ch.18.16; Sheva(Ketiv: Sheya) at 2Sa.20.25; Shisha at 1Ki.4.3; Another name of se.ra.yah (שְׂרָיָהוּ "Seraiah" H8304G) § Shavsha = "nobility" the royal scribe or secretary for David
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7531
εὐγένεια
eugeneia — magnanimity
nobility of birth, high descent , (Aeschulus Tragicus); εὐγένεια παίδων = εὐγενεῖς παῖδες, (Euripides) (ML)
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παράγγελμα
parangelma — a mobilization order
1. a message transmitted by beacons, (Aeschulus Tragicus) 2. an order, command , ἀπὸ παραγγέλματος by word of command , (Thucydides) 3. an instruction, precept , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
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A keeper of camels, an Ishmaelite who was “over the camels” in the time of David (1 Chr. 27:30).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.