Strong's #1885: Dathan (pronounced daw-thawn')

of uncertain derivation; Dathan, an Israelite:--Dathan.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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dâthân

Dathan = "belonging to a fountain"

1) a Reubenite chief, son of Eliab, who, with his brother, Abiram, joined Korah' s conspiracy against Moses' authority

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Relation: of uncertain derivation

Usage:

This word is used 10 times:

 

Numbers 16:1: "of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On,"
Numbers 16:12: "And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab:"
Numbers 16:24: "from about the tabernacle Dathan, and Abiram."
Numbers 16:25: "rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders followed"
Numbers 16:27: "from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side:"
Numbers 16:27: "of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out,"
Numbers 26:9: "And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan"
Numbers 26:9: "and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan which were famous in the congregation, who"
Deuteronomy 11:6: "And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son"
Psalms 106:17: "The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram."