How to Pronounce Nadab
NAY-dab
Nadab is pronounced NAY-dab (ˈneɪdæb): two syllables, stress on the first.
What does Nadab mean?
Nadab means “free and voluntary gift; prince”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Nadab?
Liberal, generous. (1.) The eldest of Aaron’s four sons (Ex. 6:23; Num. 3:2). He with his brothers and their father were consecrated as priests of Jehovah (Ex. 28:1). He afterwards perished with Abihu for the sin of offering strange fire on the altar of burnt-offering (Lev. 10:1, 2; Num. 3:4; 26:60). (2.) The son and successor of Jeroboam, the king of Israel (1 Kings 14:20). While engaged with all Israel in laying siege to Gibbethon, a town of southern Dan (Josh. 19:44), a conspiracy broke out in his army, and he was slain by Baasha (1 Kings 15:25-28), after a reign of two years (B.C. 955-953).
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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