BASHANba'-shan (ha-bashan, "the Bashan"; Basan): This name is probably the same in meaning as the cognate Arabic bathneh, "soft, fertile land," or bathaniyeh (batanaea), "this land sown with wheat" ("wheatland").1. Boundaries:It often occurs with the article, "the Bashan," to describe the kingdom of Og, the most northerly part of the land East of the Jordan.... View Details
|he has judged,| five Israelites
a Gadite
Joel Jehovah is his God. The oldest of Samuel's two sons appointed by him as judges in Beersheba ( 1 Samuel 8:2 ). (See VASHNI (n/a).) A descendant of Reuben ( 1 Chronicles 5:4 1 Chronicles 5:8 ). One of David's famous warriors ( 1 Chronicles 11:38 ). A Levite of the family of Gershom ( 1 Chronicles 15:7 1 Chronicles 15:11 ). 1&nbs... View Details
Joel [N] [H] [S] Jehovah is his God. The oldest of Samuel's two sons appointed by him as judges in Beersheba ( 1 Samuel 8:2 ). (See VASHNI (n/a).) A descendant of Reuben ( 1 Chronicles 5:4 1 Chronicles 5:8 ). One of David's famous warriors ( 1 Chronicles 11:38 ). A Levite of the family of Gershom ( 1 Chronicles 15:7 1 Chronicles... View Details
Jaanai [N] [H] [S] mourner, one of the chief Gadites ( 1 Chronicles 5:12 ). These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.