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(Hebrew Amminadab', òִîַּéðָãָá , kindred of the prince, Gesen.; man of generosity, Furst, who ascribes to òִí the sense “homo" as its primitive meaning; the passages, Psa_110:3; Son_6:12, margin, seem, however, rather to suggest the sense my people is willing; Sept. and New Test. Á᾿ìéíáäÜâ , but in Exo_6:23, Á᾿ìåéíáäÜâ ), the name of three men. SEE AMMINADIB.
1. The father of Nahshon, which latter was phylarch of the tribe of Judah at the time of the Exode (Num_1:7; Num_2:3; Num_7:12; Num_7:17; Num_10:14). B.C. ante 1658. His father's name was Ram, and he was the fourth in descent from Judah, the sixth in ascent from David, and the forty-sixth from Christ (Rth_4:19-20; 1Ch_2:10; Mat_1:4; Luk_3:33). His daughter Elisheba was married to Aaron (Exo_6:23).
2. A son of Kohath, the second son of Levi (1Ch_6:22; 1Ch_6:2; 1Ch_6:18, in which latter two verses he seems to be called IZHAR, q.v.). 3. A leader of the 112 descendants of Uzziel the Levite, who were appointed by David to remove the ark to Jerusalem (1Ch_15:10-11), B.C. cir. 1043.