נָדָב
Nâdâb · naw-dawb'
Nadab, the name of four Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5068 (נָדַב); liberal;
Nadab, the name of four Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Nadab.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the doorway, the way in › the house, what is within
The seed, life continuing of the doorway, the way in of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָדָב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- nadab8 · 40%
- and nadab7 · 35%
- of nadab2 · 10%
- him nadab1 · 5%
- for nadab1 · 5%
- but nadab1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.