Aaronites

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

Descendants of Aaron the high priest, so called  1 Chronicles 12:27;  27:17 . Thirteen cities were assigned to them, in Judah and Benjamin,  Joshua 21:13-19;  1 Chronicles 6:57-60 .

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Aaronites ( Âr'On-Îtes or Ă'Ron-Ites ).  1 Chronicles 12:27. Levites of the family of Aaron: the priests who served the sanctuary. Eleazar, Aaron's son, was their chief  Numbers 4:16.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 12:27 Numbers 3:32 1 Chronicles 27:17

Morrish Bible Dictionary

The descendants of Aaron.  1 Chronicles 12:27;  1 Chronicles 27:17 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 12:27 1 Chronicles 27:17

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

âr´on - ı̄ts לאהרון ( le - 'ahărōn , literally, "belonging to Aaron"): A word used in the King James Version, but not in the revised versions, to translate the proper name Aaron in two instances where it denotes a family and not merely a person ( 1 Chronicles 12:27;  1 Chronicles 27:17 ). It is equivalent to the phrases "sons of Aaron," "house of Aaron," frequently used in the Old Testament. According to the books of Josh and Chronicles the "sons of Aaron," were distinguished from the other Levites from the time of Joshua (e.g.  Joshua 21:4 ,  Joshua 21:10 ,  Joshua 21:13;  1 Chronicles 6:54 ).

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Aaronites, The descendants of Aaron, who served as priests at the sanctuary ( Numbers 4:5, seq.;  1 Chronicles 12:27;  1 Chronicles 27:17).