Nâdâb — H5070

Definition

masculine proper noun

Nadab, the name of four Israelites

1. Nadab = "generous"
2. eldest son of Aaron by Elisheba; struck dead before the sanctuary in the wilderness for kindling the censers with strange fire
3. son of king Jeroboam I of the northern kingdom of Israel and king of Israel for 2 years before being slain by Baasha
4. a Jerahmeelite, son of Shammai, of the tribe of Judah
5. a son of Gibeon of the tribe of Benjamin

Usually translated as

Nadab

Origin

from H5068; liberal

• Derived from Nâdab (H5068)

Occurrences

Nâdâb occurs 20 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (4), Leviticus (1), Numbers (4), 1 Kings (4), 1 Chronicles (7)

• Exodus 6:23 — And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab (נָדָב֙), and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
• Exodus 24:1 — And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab (נָדָ֣ב), and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
• Exodus 24:9 — Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab (נָדָב֙), and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
• Exodus 28:1 — And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab (נָדָ֧ב) and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
• Leviticus 10:1 — And Nadab (נָדָ֨ב) and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
• Numbers 3:2 — And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab (נָדָ֑ב) the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
• Numbers 3:4 — And Nadab (נָדָ֣ב) and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their father.
• Numbers 26:60 — And unto Aaron was born Nadab (נָדָ֖ב), and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
• Numbers 26:61 — And Nadab (נָדָ֖ב) and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.
• 1 Kings 14:20 — And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab (נָדָ֥ב) his son reigned in his stead.
• 1 Kings 15:25 — And Nadab (וְנָדָ֣ב) the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.
• 1 Kings 15:27 — And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab (וְנָדָב֙) and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
• 1 Kings 15:31 — Now the rest of the acts of Nadab (נָדָ֖ב), and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
• 1 Chronicles 2:28 — And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab (נָדָ֖ב), and Abishur.
• 1 Chronicles 2:30 — And the sons of Nadab (נָדָ֖ב); Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.
• 1 Chronicles 6:3 — And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab (נָדָב֙), and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
• 1 Chronicles 8:30 — And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab (וְנָדָֽב),
• 1 Chronicles 9:36 — And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab (וְנָדָֽב),
• 1 Chronicles 24:1 — Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab (נָדָב֙), and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
• 1 Chronicles 24:2 — But Nadab (נָדָ֤ב) and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest’s office.