Nadab

American  

[nay-dab] / ˈneɪ dæb /

noun

1. (in the Bible) a son of Aaron who, with his brother Abihu, was consumed by fire from heaven for disobeying the Lord.

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Etymology

Origin of Nadab

Ultimately from Hebrew Nādhābh

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Nadab

Moncæus said that Aaron got his idea on the mountain, where he was once admitted with Moses; and on another occasion with Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders.

From The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices by Anonymous

In the twenty-fourth chapter of Exodus Moses has given an account of God's call to him, to Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the seventy elders, to come up to Horeb.

From The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism by S. E. Wishard

Moses, Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu Climbed and saw the very God, the Highest,175 Stand upon the paved work of a sapphire.

From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Myra Reynolds

Probably, therefore, Nadab and Abihu 'offered strange fire,' immediately after the fire from Jehovah had consumed the appointed sacrifice.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Alexander Maclaren

Moses, Aaron, Nadab and Abihu Climbed and saw the very God, the Highest, Stand upon the paved work of a sapphire.

From Men and Women by Charlotte Endymion Porter

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