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נוֹדָב

𐤍𐤅𐤃𐤁

Nodav

H5114 noun

SILEX Entry

Root נדב to be willing, to volunteer, to be generous, to be noble

Definition

Nodab, a personal or tribal name; most likely refers to the leader or eponymous ancestor of a nomadic or semi-nomadic group encountered in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible. The term carries the sense of nobility or generosity, rooted in its derivation from the verb 'to be willing, to volunteer, to be noble.'

Semantic Range

personal name, tribal name, eponymous ancestor; carries sense of nobility or willingness by etymology but used strictly as proper noun

Root / Etymology

From the root נָדַב (nadav), meaning 'to be willing, to volunteer, to be noble or generous.' נוֹדָב is a nominal formation, likely a personal name, meaning something akin to 'willing one,' 'noble one,' or 'generous one.'

Historical & Contextual Notes

The name appears in 1 Chronicles 5:19, identifying a tribal group or clan among nomadic peoples living east of the Israelite territories, possibly in Transjordan or associated with northern Arabian tribes. The connection to the root denotes a supposed characteristic—'noble' or 'generous'—which may reflect the group's perceived social status or code of conduct. The English rendering 'Nodab' is a transliteration; some English Bibles identify this as an 'Arab tribe,' but the exact historical and ethnic identity is uncertain. Later traditions sometimes collapse such designations into broader categories (e.g., 'Arabs'), but in the biblical context, the name refers specifically to a tribal or clan unit known to the writers, distinguished by name. The term is never used in a generic sense for nobility or generosity outside its occurrence as a proper noun.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from נָדַב; noble; Nodab, an Arab tribe; Nodab.

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Root Family

נדב (n-d-b) — to be willing, to volunteer, to be generous, to be noble

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H3122 יוֹנָדָב to Yahweh-is-generous
H5068 נָדַב in volunteering oneself
H5069 נְדַב they volunteered themselves
H5070 נָדָב Willing-One
H5071 נְדָבָה with a voluntary offering

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H5114-01 וְ/נוֹדָֽב venodav HC/Np Nodab and Noble-One 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H5114-01 1 Chronicles 5:19 וְ/נוֹדָֽב venodav HC/Np Nodab and Noble-One
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