Lexicon / H1885
דָּתָן
da.tan
  • Dathan

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: Dathan

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

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: Dathan

דָּתָן n.pr.m . a Reubenite, son of Eliab