Encyclopedia entry
Nodab
Noble, probably a tribe descended from one of the sons of Ishmael, with whom the trans-Jordanic tribes made war (1 Chr. 5:19).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(nobility), the name of an Arab tribe mentioned only in (1 Chronicles 6:19) in the account of the war of the Reubenites against the Hagarites. vs. 9-22. It is probable that Nodab, their ancestor, was the son of Ishmael, being mentioned with two of his other sons in the passage above cited, and was therefore a grandson of Abraham.
In the Bible
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Verses where Nodab is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 5:19
They waged war against the Hagrites, as well as Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.
Scripture on Nodab
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Nodab references
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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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