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Ahban

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)· Public Domain

(brother of the wise, discreet), son of Abishur by his wife Abihail. (1 Chronicles 2:29) He was of the tribe of Judah.

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Ahban

Ahban a'-ban ('achban, "brother of an intelligent one"(?) Achbar): The son of Abishur of the tribe of Judah (1Ch 2:29). ⇒See a list of verses on AHBAN in the Bible. ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible on Ahban

A Judahite, son of Abishur (1 Ch 2*). AHER iXH ' another ').— A Benjamite (1 Ch 7"), perhaps identical with Ahiram of Nu 26**. AHI (•"!< ' brother' ; * by many considered to have the Slime meaning as AHUAII, wh. see) occurs in MT, and consequently in A V and KV, twice : (1) a Gndite (1 Ch 6"); (2) an Asherite (1 Ch 7**). But the reading is in neither case free from doubt ; in 1 Ch 5" the Syr. omits the name, thus making vv.'*- " an uninterrupted genealogy of Abiliail ; but the LXX, which gives Za^oi/x'iM ('Axi/3oi/f, A) vloO 'ApSc/iX for Sunnn p -nu 113, must have had something very like 'nu before them. The other VSS treat "nu as an appellative. In 1 Ch 7" for .-iMiii -nK, LXX, B has Axiovid, A 'Ax'oi-pd '07(i. Piobably in the original continuous Heb. text some compound name in "'nu was read (? .tpk), • For a fuller rlitK;uB8iOD of the meantnjf of this name and tlif followiotc DoiueB beginning with Ahi, Bee Nxuiis, I'lLOrSB. followed by another name of which the letters .ijr (in njnni) are a mutilated aurvivaL G. B. Gray.

References

  1. Orr, J. (ed.) (1915) The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Chicago: Howard-Severance Company. [Public Domain]
  2. Easton, M.G. (1893) Easton's Bible Dictionary. 3rd edn. Thomas Nelson. [Public Domain]
  3. Nave, O.J. (1897) Nave's Topical Bible. Topical Bible Publishing Co.. [Public Domain]
  4. Hastings, J. (ed.) (1909) A Dictionary of the Bible. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. [Public Domain]
  5. Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
  6. Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia

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