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Pedahzur

Man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness

Pedahzur, father of Gamaliel, the leader from the tribe of Manasseh during the wilderness wanderings.

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Pedahzur was the father of Gamaliel, who was the leader of the tribe of Manasseh during Israel's wilderness wanderings. In the census taken in the wilderness of Sinai, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was counted as the leader of Manasseh (Num.1.10; 2.20). When the Israelites made offerings at the dedication of the tabernacle, Gamaliel brought his tribe's offering on the eighth day (Num.7.54,59). Gamaliel also led the tribe of Manasseh when the Israelites set out from the wilderness of Sinai (Num.10.23). Pedahzur is only mentioned in reference to his son's leadership role.

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Pedahzur Easton Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Rock of redemption, the father of Gamaliel and prince of Manasseh at the time of the Exodus (Num. 1:10; 2:20).

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Pedahzur Hitchcock Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

strong or powerful savior; stone of redemption

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Pedahzur Hastings Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible (1898)

PEDAH'ZUR (whom the Rock - i.e. God - delivers), the father of Gamaliel, and chief of the tribe of Manasseh in the time of the Exodus. Num 1:10; Num 2:20; Num 7:54, Num 7:59; Ezr 10:23.

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Pedahzur Schaff Schaff’s Dictionary of the Bible

PEDAH'ZUR (whom the Rock - i.e. God - delivers), the father of Gamaliel, and chief of the tribe of Manasseh in the time of the Exodus. Num 1:10; Num 2:20; Num 7:54, Num 7:59; Ezr 10:23.

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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 Pedahzur appears

5 verses in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H6301

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