Ard = "I shall subdue"

1. son of Benjamin

2. grandson of Benjamin

Ardites = "I shall subdue"

1. the descendants of Ard

Bela = "destruction"

1. a king of Edom

2. first son of Benjamin

3. a son of Ahaz, a Reubenite

   proper locative noun

4. one of the five cities of the plain which was spared at the intercession of Lot, and received the name of Zoar

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out

1. (Qal)

   1. —

      1. to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass

      2. to come about, come to pass

   2. to come into being, become

      1. to arise, appear, come

      2. to become

         1. to become

         2. to become like

         3. to be instituted, be established

   3. to be

      1. to exist, be in existence

      2. to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)

      3. to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)

      4. to accompany, be with

2. (Niphal)

   1. to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about

   2. to be done, be finished, be gone

clan, family

1. clan

   1. family

   2. tribe

   3. people, nation

2. guild

3. species, kind

4. aristocrats

Naamites = see Naamah "loveliness"

1. the descendants of Naaman, the grandson of Benjamin

Naaman = "pleasantness"

1. son of Bela of the family of Benjamin; he was among the family of Jacob that went down to Egypt

2. commander-in-chief of the army of Syria; stricken with leprosy he went to Elisha, eventually followed his instructions, and was cured