Dathan - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G1885 — eparchia (“province”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H1885 דָּתָן (Dathan) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Dathan (daw-thawn') n/p. 1. Dathan, an Israelite [of uncertain derivation] It has 8 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include dathan. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Dathan (daw-thawn') n/p. 1. Dathan, an Israelite [of uncertain derivation] KJV: Dathan.
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Dathan
Usage: A man of the tribe of Reuben living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.16.1; son of: Eliab (H0446H); brother of: Abiram (H0048) and Nemuel (H5241) § Dathan = "belonging to a fountain" a Reubenite chief, son of Eliab, who, with his brother, Abiram, joined Korah's conspiracy against Moses' authority
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Dathan, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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8 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
First 8 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1885.
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:
And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the company of Abiram.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1885, grouped by book.
Dathan (Strong's H1885) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Dathan". Dathan (daw-thawn') n/p. 1. Dathan, an Israelite [of uncertain derivation]
This page currently indexes 8 linked usages for Strong's H1885 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1885 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as dathan. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
