Midvash

לַעְדָּןLaʻdân

Ladan, the name of two Israelites

Pronunciation: lah-dawn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3936

Meanings

1. an Ephraimite (1 Chronicles 7:26)

2. a Gershonite (1 Chronicles 23:7; 1 Chronicles 23:8; 1 Chronicles 23:9)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 7 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:26 Ladan, Ammihud, Elishama,
  • 1 Chronicles 23:7 The Gershonite family units were defined by their lines of descent from Libni and Shimei, the sons of Gershon.
  • 1 Chronicles 23:8 Three of the descendants of Libni were Jehiel (the family leader), Zetham, and Joel.
  • 1 Chronicles 23:9 These were the leaders of the family of Libni. Three of the descendants of Shimei were Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran.
  • 1 Chronicles 26:21 From the family of Libni in the clan of Gershon, Jehiel was the leader.
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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).