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HebrewH5070Proper Noun (Masculine)

נָדָב

na.dav

19Occurrences
H5070Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Nadab, the name of four Israelites

from H5068 (נָדַב); liberal;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; 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 ) a son of Gibeon of the tribe of Benjamin

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

נָדָב appears 19 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
6
1 Kings
4
Exodus
4
Numbers
4
Leviticus
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 2:28BSB

The sons of Onam:Shammai and Jada.The sons of Shammai:Nadab and Abishur.

1 Chronicles 24:2BSB

But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

1 Kings 14:20BSB

And the length of Jeroboam’s reign was twenty-two years, and he rested with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.

1 Kings 15:31BSB

As for the rest of the acts of Nadab, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

Exodus 28:1BSB

“Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.