firstborn, firstling

1. of men and women

2. of animals

3. noun of relation (fig.)

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

Baal = "lord"

1. supreme male divinity of the Phoenicians or Canaanites

2. a Reubenite

3. the son of Jehiel and grandfather of Saul

   proper locative noun

4. a town of Simeon, probably identical to Baalath-beer

Nadab = "generous"

1. eldest son of Aaron by Elisheba; struck dead before the sanctuary in the wilderness for kindling the censers with strange fire

2. son of king Jeroboam I of the northern kingdom of Israel and king of Israel for 2 years before being slain by Baasha

3. a Jerahmeelite, son of Shammai, of the tribe of Judah

4. a son of Gibeon of the tribe of Benjamin

Ner = "lamp"

1. son of Jehiel, father of Kish, and grandfather of king Saul

2. father of Abner, the uncle of Saul

   1. perhaps the same as 1

Abdon = "servile"

1. a judge of Israel in the time of the judges; perhaps the same as 'Bedan'

2. a Benjamite, son of Shashak

3. a Gibeonite, son of Jehiel and a grandson of Gideon

4. son of Micah in the time of king Josiah of Judah; also 'Achbor'

   proper locative noun

5. a city in Asher allotted to the Gershonite Levites; located 10 miles (16 km) north of Accho; modern 'Abdeh'

Zur = "rock"

1. father of Cozbi and one of the 5 Midianite princes who were slain when Balaam fell

2. son of Jehiel, the father or leader of Gibeon

Kish = "bent"

1. a Benjamite of the family of Matri, father of king Saul

2. an ancestor of Mordecai

3. son of Gibeon and brother of Abdon, Zur, Baal, Ner, Nadab, Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth; uncle of Kish the father of king Saul

4. a Merarite Levite, son of Mahli and grandson of Merari the progenitor of the family

5. a Merarite Levite, son of Abdi in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah