דָּתָןDâthân
proper name, masculine: a Reubenite, son of Eliab (Numbers 16:1; Numbers 16:12; Numbers 16:24; Numbers 16:25; Numbers 16:27)
Pronunciation: daw-thawn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1885
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 16:1 One day Korah son of Izhar, a descendant of Kohath son of Levi, conspired with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, from the tribe of Reuben.
- Numbers 16:12 Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they replied, “We refuse to come before you!
- Numbers 16:24 “Then tell all the people to get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
- Numbers 16:25 So Moses got up and rushed over to the tents of Dathan and Abiram, followed by the elders of Israel.
- Numbers 16:27 So all the people stood back from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Then Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the entrances of their tents, together with their wives and children and little ones.
- Numbers 26:9 and Eliab was the father of Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. This Dathan and Abiram are the same community leaders who conspired with Korah against Moses and Aaron, rebelling against the Lord.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).