Word Study · Strong's H1885 · Hebrew
דָּתָן
Dathan
daw-thawn'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Dâthân
“Dathan, an Israelite”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Dathan, an Israelite
Rendered in the KJV as
Dathan.
- 10occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- דָּתָ֥ן2
- וְדָתָ֨ן2
- דָתָ֨ן1
- דָּתָ֑ן1
- דָּתָ֣ן1
- וְדָתָ֣ן1
- לְדָתָ֥ן1
- לְדָתָ֣ן1
How it is rendered · 4
- Dathan4
- and Dathan3
- to Dathan2
- [was the] Dathan1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)5
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)3
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 5
- HC/Npm · 3
- HR/Npm · 2
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Numbers carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Numbers8 occurrences
- Numbers 16:1וְדָתָ֨ןvedatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conductedhere: and Dathan
- Numbers 16:12לְדָתָ֥ןledatanpreposition + proper noun (a name)Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come!here: to Dathan
- Numbers 16:24דָּתָ֥ןdatanproper noun (a name)“Tell the congregation to move away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”here: Dathan
- Numbers 16:25דָּתָ֣ןdatanproper noun (a name)So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.here: Dathan
- Numbers 16:27דָּתָ֥ןdatanproper noun (a name)So they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.here: Dathan
- Numbers 16:27וְדָתָ֨ןvedatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)So they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.here: and Dathan
- Numbers 26:9וְדָתָ֣ןvedatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who fought against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD.here: and Dathan
- Numbers 26:9דָתָ֨ןdatanproper noun (a name)and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who fought against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD.here: [was the] Dathan