Bashan = "fruitful"

1. a district east of the Jordan known for its fertility which was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh

Joel = "Jehovah is God"

1. son of Pethuel and the 2nd of the 12 minor prophets with a book by his name; probably prophesied in the time of king Uzziah of Judah

2. eldest son of Samuel the prophet and father of Heman the singer

3. a Simeonite chief

4. a Reubenite

5. a chief of Gad

6. son of Izrahiah and a chief of Issachar

7. brother of Nathan of Zobah and one of David's mighty warriors

8. son of Pedaiah and a chief of the half tribe of Manasseh west of the Jordan in the time of David

9. a son of Nebo who returned with Ezra and had a foreign wife

10. a Benjamite, son of Zichri

11. a Levite

12. a Kohathite Levite in the reign of Hezekiah

13. a Gershonite Levite chief in the time of David

14. a Gershonite Levite, son of Jehiel and a descendant of Laadan; maybe same as 13

Jaanai = "whom Jehovah answers"

1. a chief man in the tribe of Gad

double, copy, second, repetition

1. double

2. copy (of law)

3. second (in order)

   1. second rank

   2. second in age

4. second quarter or district

head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning

1. head (of man, animals)

2. top, tip (of mountain)

3. height (of stars)

4. chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest)

5. head, front, beginning

6. chief, choicest, best

7. head, division, company, band

8. sum

Shaphat = "judged" or "he hath judged"

1. son of Hori and the prince of Simeon chosen to spy out the promised land

2. father of the prophet Elisha

3. a Judaite, son of Shemaiah and descendant of Zerubbabel in the royal line of Judah

4. a chief of the tribe of Gad

5. son of Adlai and chief herdsman for David over the herds in the valleys

Shapham = "bold"

1. a subchief of the tribe of Gad in the land of Bashan