Dâthân — H1885

Definition

masculine proper noun

Dathan, an Israelite

1. Dathan = "belonging to a fountain"
2. a Reubenite chief, son of Eliab, who, with his brother, Abiram, joined Korah's conspiracy against Moses' authority

Usually translated as

Dathan

Origin

of uncertain derivation

Occurrences

Dâthân occurs 10 times in 8 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (6), Deuteronomy (1), Psalms (1)

• Numbers 16:1 — Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan (וְדָתָ֨ן) and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
• Numbers 16:12 — And Moses sent to call Dathan (לְדָתָ֥ן) and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
• Numbers 16:24 — Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan (דָּתָ֥ן), and Abiram.
• Numbers 16:25 — And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan (דָּתָ֣ן) and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
• Numbers 16:27 — So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan (דָּתָ֥ן), and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
• Numbers 16:27 — So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan (וְדָתָ֨ן) and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
• Numbers 26:9 — And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan (וְדָתָ֣ן), and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:
• Numbers 26:9 — And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan (דָתָ֨ן) and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:
• Deuteronomy 11:6 — And what he did unto Dathan (לְדָתָ֣ן) and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:
• Psalms 106:17 — The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan (דָּתָ֑ן), and covered the company of Abiram.