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Nadab
[ ney-dab ]
noun
- a son of Aaron who, with his brother Abihu, was consumed by fire from heaven for disobeying the Lord. Leviticus 10:1–5.
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Origin of Nadab1
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Example Sentences
The punishment was like the punishment of Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, for offering strange fire in their censers.
Under the distant group of trees appears Moses, conducted by some younger personage (Nadab or Abihu).
Nadab waged war against the Philistines, and was besieging Gibbethon when Baasha revolted and slew him.
Nadab and Abihu, the two eldest, had sinned presumptuously, and brought on themselves the doom of death.
But the two other sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, felt differently.
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