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Ammishaddai

Man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness

Ammishaddai was the father of Ahiezer, the leader of the tribe of Dan during the wilderness journey.

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Ammishaddai was the father of Ahiezer, a prominent leader from the tribe of Dan during the Israelites' journey through the wilderness. Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai, was appointed as the leader of the Danites and was responsible for overseeing the census of his tribe. He also led the tribe of Dan when the Israelites were encamped and during their journey. Additionally, Ahiezer presented the offering of the tribe of Dan at the dedication of the tabernacle.

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Ammishaddai Easton Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

People of the Almighty, the father of Ahiezer, who was chief of the Danites at the time of the Exodus (Num. 1:12; 2:25). This is one of the few names compounded with the name of God, Shaddai, “Almighty.”

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Ammishaddai Hitchcock Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

the people of the Almighty; the Almighty is with me

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Ammishaddai Schaff Schaff’s Dictionary of the Bible

AMMISHAD'DAI (one of the people of the Almighty), the father of Ahiezer, prince of Dan. Num 1:12;Num 2:25; Num 7:66,Num 1:71; Num 10:25.

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Easton (1897), Smith (1863), Hitchcock (1869), Hastings (1898) and Schaff are in the public domain. Parsed text: neuu-org/bible-dictionary-dataset (CC BY 4.0). Headwords and whitespace normalised for this site.

Where Ammishaddai appears

5 verses in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H5996

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