Libni

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Lib'ni. (white).

1. The eldest son, of Gershon, the son of Levi,  Exodus 6:17;  Numbers 3:18;  1 Chronicles 6:17;  1 Chronicles 6:20, and ancestor of the family, of the Libnites. (B.C. after 1700).

2. The son of Mahli or Mahali, son of Merari,  1 Chronicles 6:29, as the text at present stands. It is probable, however, that he is the same as the preceding, and that something has been omitted. Compare  1 Chronicles 6:29 with  1 Chronicles 6:20;  1 Chronicles 6:42.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Libni. The eldest son of Gershon, that is to say, the eponym of a principal family of Gershonite Levites,   Exodus 6:17 ,   Numbers 3:18 ,   1 Chronicles 6:17;   1 Chronicles 6:20 . In   1 Chronicles 6:29 [Heb. 14], perhaps owing to some dislocation of the text, the name appears as that of the eponym of a family of Merarites. The patronymic Libnites occurs in   Numbers 3:21;   Numbers 26:58 . Cf. Ladan.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Whence sprang Libnites ( Exodus 6:17;  Numbers 3:18;  1 Chronicles 6:17;  1 Chronicles 6:20).

2.  1 Chronicles 6:29.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Gershon, the son of Levi.  Exodus 6:17;  Numbers 3:18;  1 Chronicles 6:17,20 .

2. Son of Mahli, and grandson of Merari.   1 Chronicles 6:29 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Exodus 6:17 Numbers 3:21 Numbers 26:58 1 Chronicles 23:7 2 1 Chronicles 6:29

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Exodus 6:17 Numbers 3:18,21

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Libni', לבְנַי , white; Sept. Λοβενεί, Λοβενί ), the first-named of the two sons of Gershon, the son of Levi ( Exodus 6:17;  Numbers 3:18;  Numbers 3:21;  1 Chronicles 6:17; comp.  Numbers 26:58); elsewhere called Laadan ( 1 Chronicles 23:7;  1 Chronicles 26:21). B.C. post. 1856. His son is called Jahath ( 1 Chronicles 6:20;  1 Chronicles 6:43), and his descendants were named Libnites ( Numbers 3:21;  Numbers 26:58). In  1 Chronicles 6:29, by some error he is called the son of Mahli and the father of Shimei.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

lib´nı̄ ( לבני , libhnı̄ ):

(1) Son of Gershon ( Exodus 6:17;  Numbers 3:18;  1 Chronicles 6:17 ,  1 Chronicles 6:20 ). Families who traced their descent from Libni are called Libnites ( Numbers 3:21;  Numbers 26:58 ).

(2) A son of Merari ( 1 Chronicles 6:29 ). See Ladan .