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 6:17Numbers 3:21Numbers 26:581 Chronicles 23:721 Chronicles 6:29

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Exodus 6:17Numbers 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 .