Topic
Kemuel
5 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 22:21Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Nahor
Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
- Numbers 34:24Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A prince of Ephraim
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
- 1 Chronicles 27:17Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. A Levite
Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok:
- Genesis 10:22ISBE
The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
- Job 32:2ISBE
Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
Helper of God, or assembly of God. (1.) The third son of Nahor (Gen. 22:21).
(2.) Son of Shiphtan, appointed on behalf of the tribe of Ephraim to partition the land of Canaan (Num. 34:24).
(3.) A Levite (1 Chr. 27:17).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 3 references
- The son of Nahor by Milcah, and father of Aram. (Genesis 22:21) (B.C. 1925.)
- The son of Shiptan, and prince of the tribe of Ephraim; one of the twelve men appointed by Moses to divide the land of Canaan. (Numbers 34:24)
- A Levite, father of Hashabiah, prince of the tribe in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 27:17) (B.C. 1014.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 5 references
kem'-u-el, ke-mu'-el (qemu'el, "God's mound"):
(1) Nephew of Abraham (Ge 22:21), father of Aram, whom Ewald identifies with Ram of Job 32:2; but compare Ge 10:22, where Aram is described as one of the children of Shem. They may not be the same person.
(2) Prince of Ephraim, one of the land commissioners who divided Canaan (Nu 34:24).
(3) A Levite, father of Hashabiah, one of the tribal princes of David's time, a ruler among the Levites (1Ch 27:17).
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.