Ahinadab

Easton's Bible Dictionary

1 Kings 4:14

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1 Kings 4:14 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

1 Kings 4:14

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

AHINADAB . Son of Iddo, one of the 12 commissariat officers appointed by Solomon ( 1 Kings 4:14 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Son of Iddo, and one of Solomon's commissariat officers at Mahanaim. 1 Kings 4:14 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ahin'adab. (brother the noble, that is, a noble brother). Son of Iddo, one of Solomon's twelve commissaries who supplied provisions for the royal household. 1 Kings 4:14 . (B.C. 1014-975).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

<translit> a </translit> - <translit> hin´a </translit> - <translit> dab </translit> ( אחינדב , <translit> 'ăḥı̄nādhābh </translit> , "brother of willingness," or, "my brother is willing"): Decidedly the ordinary use of the stem <translit> nadhabh </translit> is to denote willingness rather than liberality or nobleness. One of Solomon's twelve commissary officers ( 1 Kings 4:14 ). He was the son of Iddo, and his district was Mahanaim.

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Ahin´adab (liberal, or, noble brother), one of the twelve officers who, in as many districts into which the country was divided, raised supplies of provisions in monthly rotation for the royal household. Ahinadab's district was the southern half of the region beyond the Jordan ( 1 Kings 4:14 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrew Achinadab', אֲחַינָדָב , brother of liberality, i e. liberal; Sept. Ἀχιναδάβ ), a son of Iddo, and one of the twelve officers, (See <a> PURVEYOR </a> ), who, in as many districts into which the country was divided, raised supplies of provisions in monthly rotation for Solomon's household (Kitto, Pict. Bible, in loc.); his district was Mahanaim, the southern half of the region beyond the Jordan ( 1 Kings 4:14 ), B.C. post 1014.