Dictionary
Webster's Dictionary -
Clan-na-Ael
(n.) A secret society of Irish Fenians founded in Philadelphia in 1881.
Webster's Dictionary -
Clan
(1):
(n.) A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald.
(2):
(n.) A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; - sometimes used contemptuously.
Holman Bible Dictionary -
Clan
Term used to distinguish a kin group more extensive than a family. The boundaries of such a group are not always clearly delineated. Each clan was governed by the heads of the families (elders). Several clans formed a tribe, and twelve tribes formed Israel. The clan is sometimes referred to as “division,” “kindred,” “family,” “thousand,” or even “tribe.”
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Clannish - ) Of or pertaining to a
Clan; closely united, like a
Clan; disposed to associate only with one's
Clan or clique; actuated by the traditions, prejudices, habits, etc. , of a
Clan
Hachmon - (hach' muhn)
Clan name meaning, “wisdom. ” Original ancestor of an Israelite
Clan called the Hachmonites. Most translations transliterate the Hebrew
Clan name as Hachmoni, including the Hebrew ending “i” that indicates membership in the
Clan or English “ite. Jashobeam, leader of David's army, was either a Hachmonite (
1 Chronicles 11:11 ) or a Tachmonite (
2 Samuel 23:8 ), a copyist having either added or subtracted a “t” in transmitting the
Clan name. Jehiel, another of David's advisors, also belonged to the
Clan (
1 Chronicles 27:32 )
Bichri - (bihch' ri) Personal name meaning, “firstborn” or
Clan name, “of the
Clan of Becher
Hakkoz - (hak' kahz) Personal and
Clan name meaning, “the thorn.
Clan leader in tribe of Judah (
1 Chronicles 4:8 ). In the time of Ezra and Nehemiah members of this
Clan could not prove their family roots, so they were not allowed to function as priests (
Ezra 2:61 )
Bebai - Original ancestor of
Clan of whom 623 (
Nehemiah 7:16,628 ) returned with Zerubbabel from Exile in Babylon about 537 B. His son, or at least a member of the
Clan, led 28 men from Babylon to Jerusalem with Ezra (
Ezra 8:11 ). Members of the
Clan had married foreign wives (
Ezra 10:28 )
Helek - ” Son of Gilead from the tribe of Manasseh and original
Clan ancestor of the Helekites (
Numbers 26:30 ). The
Clan received an allotment in the tribe's share of the Promised Land (
Joshua 17:2 )
Ahohite - (uh hoh' hite)
Clan name. In time of David and Solomon military figures of this
Clan or place became military leaders
Ater - ”
Clan of which 98 returned from Babylonian Exile with Zerubbabel about 537 B. The head of the
Clan signed Nehemiah's covenant to keep God's Law (
Nehemiah 10:17 )
Mushite - (myoo' sshite) Member of
Clan of Mushi
Shelanite - (ssheh' luh nite) Member of
Clan of Shelah
Zephonite - (zee' fah nite) Member of
Clan of Zephon
Henadad - ”
Clan of Levites who supervised the rebuilding of the Temple under Zerubbabel after 537 B.
Clan members also helped Nehemiah rebuild Jerusalem's walls (
Nehemiah 3:18 ,
Nehemiah 3:18,3:24 ) and signed Nehemiah's covenant of obedience (
Nehemiah 10:10 )
Haruphite - (huh ryoo' fite)
Clan or place name meaning, “early” or “reproach. It could be a
Clan or a town from which Shephatiah came
Clansman - ) One belonging to the same
Clan with another
Haggite - (hag' gite) Member of
Clan of Haggi
Shemidaite - (sshih mi' duh ite) Member of
Clan of Shemida
Erite - (ee' rite) Member of
Clan of Eri
Libnite - (lihb' nite) Member of
Clan of Libni
Epher - Son of Midian, grandson of Abraham through his wife Keturah, and
Clan father among the Midianites (
Genesis 25:4 ). Original ancestor of
Clan in tribe of Manasseh (
1 Chronicles 5:24 )
Helekite - (hee' lehk ite) Member of
Clan of Helek
Jezerite - (jee' zuhr ite) Member of
Clan of Jezer
Hanochite - (hay' nahch ite) Member of
Clan of Hanoch
Becherite - (bee' chuhr ite) Member of
Clan of Becher
Ahiramite - (uh hi' ruhm ite)
Clan established by Ahiram
Giddel - The
Clan leader of a group of Temple servants who returned from the Babylonian captivity with Zerubbabel about 537 B. Original
Clan father of a group of royal servants who returned from the Babylonian Exile with Zerubbabel about 537 B
Hassenaah - A
Clan who returned with Zerubbabel from Babylonian Exile about 537 B. Members of the
Clan helped Nehemiah rebuild the fish gate of the Jerusalem wall (
Nehemiah 3:3 )
Clan - Each
Clan was governed by the heads of the families (elders). Several
Clans formed a tribe, and twelve tribes formed Israel. The
Clan is sometimes referred to as “division,” “kindred,” “family,” “thousand,” or even “tribe
Izharite - (ihz' hahr ite)
Clan of Levites descended from Izhar
Jahzeelite - (jah' zih ehl ite)
Clan in tribe of Naphtali
Jaminite - (jay' mihn ite) Member of
Clan headed by Jamin
Jashubite - (jay' sshuhb ite) Member of
Clan founded by Jashub
Jeezerite - (jih ee' zuhr ite) Member of
Clan of Jeezer
Ephrathite - (ehf' ruh thite) Citizen or
Clan member of Ephratah
Totemist - ) One belonging to a
Clan or tribe having a totem
Huphamite - (hyoo' fam ite) Member of
Clan of Hupham in tribe of Benjamin
Gunite - (gyoo' nite) Descendant of Guni and member of
Clan originated by Guni
Shuphamite - (sshuh' fam ite) Member of Benjaminite
Clan of Shupham or Shephupham
Phyle - ) A local division of the people in ancient Athens; a
Clan; a tribe
Jetur - ” A son of Ishmael and thus original ancestor of Arabian tribe or
Clan (
Genesis 25:15 ). The
Clan was a part of the Hagerites, probably descendants of Hagar (
1 Chronicles 5:19 ), who fought the East Jordan tribes
Harsha - ”
Clan of Temple servants who returned with Zerubbabel from Babylonian Exile about 537 B. Tel-Harsha (
Ezra 2:59 NAS) was one of the places where Jewish exiles lived in Babylon, so that the
Clan could have taken its name from the Babylonian home or given its name to the Babylonian home
Chieftain - ) A captain, leader, or commander; a chief; the head of a troop, army, or
Clan
Clanship - ) A state of being united together as in a
Clan; an association under a chieftain
Hashum - ”
Clan leader of group returning from Babylonian Exile with Zerubbabel about 537 B. Some
Clan members divorced their foreign wives under Ezra's leadership to rid the community of religious temptations (
Ezra 10:33 )
Hezronite - (hehz' rahn ite)
Clan descended from Hezron both in tribe of Reuben and of Judah
Ziphah - (zi' fuh)
Clan name perhaps meaning, “flowing
Slogan - ) The war cry, or gathering word, of a Highland
Clan in Scotland; hence, any rallying cry
Bigvai - Either he or another person of same name was original
Clan ancestor of 2,056 people who returned (
Ezra 2:14 ). , 72 members of the
Clan returned (
Ezra 8:14 )
Arah -
Clan of 775 people who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel from Babylonian Exile about 537 B. May be identical with
Clan head of 1 above
Sept - ) A
Clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; - used especially of the ancient
Clans in Ireland
Laadan - Original ancestor of
Clan of Levites and son of Gershon (
1 Chronicles 23:7-9 ;
1 Chronicles 26:21 ), though elsewhere Gershon's son is named Libni. Some suggest that Laadan originally belonged to family of Libni, but his
Clan became more prominent and overshadowed that of Libni in later times
Hagaba - (hag' uh buh)
Clan of Temple servants who returned home from Babylonian Exile with Zerubbabel about 537 B
Hasupha - ” A
Clan returning with Zerubbabel from Babylonian Exile about 537 B
Hatipha - ”
Clan who returned from Babylonian Exile with Zerubbabel about 537 B
Jairite - (jay uhr ite) Member of
Clan of Jair probably from Havvoth-jair, though possibly from Kiriath-jearim (
1 Samuel 20:26 )
Shaaph - (sshay' af)
Clan name meaning, “balsam
Besai - A
Clan of Temple employees who returned from Exile in Babylon with Zerubbabel about 537 B
Pildash - (pihl' dassh) Personal and
Clan name perhaps meaning, “powerful
Ashbel - ” Son of Benjamin, grandson of Jacob, and original ancestor of Ashbelite
Clan (
Genesis 46:21 )
Nobah - The
Clan name of the Israelites who conquered the city of Kenath (wh. ’ This may have been the original settlement of the
Clan of that name
Jair - A
Clan of Jairites lived on the east of Jordan who were called after Jair. The settlement of this
Clan marks a subsequent conquest to that of the west of Jordan
Jahmai - ” Grandson of Issachar, great grandson of Jacob, and
Clan leader in tribe of Issachar (
1 Chronicles 7:2 )
Gazzam - ” Leader of a
Clan of Temple servants who returned from Babylonian captivity with Zerubbabel (
Ezra 2:48 )
Hattil - ”
Clan of Temple servants who returned from Babylonian Exile with Zerubbabel about 537 B
Kedemah - The
Clan of which he is the eponymous head has not been identified
Totem - ) A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the North American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or a
Clan
Hakkatan - ” Father of the
Clan leader who accompanied Ezra from Babylon to Jerusalem about 458 B
Habaiah - ”
Clan leader of exiled priests who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel about 537 B
Shephupham - Leader of Benjaminite
Clan according to Hebrew text (
Numbers 26:39 ) but probably a scribe repeated a letter in Shupham (KJV, REB, NIV)
Hatita - ”
Clan of Temple gatekeepers who returned from Babylonian Exile with Zebrubbabel about 537 B
Shiphmite - (sshihf' mite) Noun indicating either the home town, native land, or
Clan from which Zabdi came
Jarha - Egyptian slave used by his master Sheshan to maintain the family line in
Clan of Jerahmeel and tribe of Judah (
1 Chronicles 2:34-35 )
Senaah - ”
Clan head or home town of people who returned with Zerubbabel from Babylonian Exile about 537 B
Gahar - ”
Clan head of family of Temple servants who returned from Babylonian captivity with Zerubbabel about 537 B
Hagab - ”
Clan of Temple servants who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian Exile with Zerubbabel (
Ezra 2:46 )
Eldaah - ” Son of Midian and grandson of Abraham thus original ancestor of
Clan of Midianites (
Genesis 25:4 )
Ronin - ) In Japan, under the feudal system, a samurai who had renounced his
Clan or who had been discharged or ostracized and had become a wanderer without a lord; an outcast; an outlaw
ar'Chi - It designates a
Clan perhaps originally from Erech in Babylonia, of which Hushai was one
Sheik - ) The head of an Arab family, or of a
Clan or a tribe; also, the chief magistrate of an Arab village
Arod - He was the original ancestor of the Arodite
Clan
Hupham - (hyoo' fam) Original ancestor of
Clan of Benjamin in the wilderness (
Numbers 26:39 ). Part of the explanation may lie in the use of genealogies to claim membership in an important
Clan rather than to precisely reproduce family structures
Berites - A
Clan mentioned with Abel and Beth-Maachah in N
Ebed -
Clan leader who returned from Exile under Ezra (
Ezra 8:6 )
Casluh - (cass' luh), CASLUHIM (cass' lyoo hihm), CASLUHITES (cass' lyoo hitess)
Clan name of “sons of Mizraim (or Egypt)” and “father” of the Philistines in the Table of Nations (
Genesis 10:14 )
Family - Mishpâchâh (מִשְׁפָּחָה, Strong's #4940), “family;
Clan. ” A form of this Hebrew word occurs in Ugaritic and Punic, also with the meaning of “family” or “clan. ...
All members of a group who were related by blood and who still felt a sense of consanguinity belonged to the “clan” or “the extended family. ” Saul argued that since he belonged to the least of the “clans,” he had no right to the kingship (
Clan might be taken: “And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth” (
In the Septuagint, several words are given as a translation: demos (“people; populace; crowd”), phule (“tribe; nation; people”), and patria (“family;
Clan”). ” Most versions keep the translation “family”; but instead of “kindred” and “kind,” some read “relative” (NASB) or “clan
Shachia - ”
Clan leader in tribe of Benjamin (
1 Chronicles 8:10 ), following different manuscripts than modern translations which read Sachia
Barkos - ” The original ancestor of a
Clan of Nethinim or Temple employees who returned to Jerusalem from Exile in Babylon with Zerubbabel about 537 B
Beriah - He thus became original ancestor of
Clan of Beriites (
Numbers 26:44 ). A
Clan leader of the tribe of Benjamin in the area of Ajalon
Japhleti - The
Clan's territory lay on border between Ephraim and Benjamin, though the
Clan apparently belonged to Asher
Hariph - Israelite
Clan whose members accompanied Zerubbabel in returning from Babylonian Exile about 537 B
Shimeathite - (sshih mih' uh thite) Either a descendant of a person named Shimeath or, more likely, a native of the town of Shema (
Joshua 15:26 ), perhaps settled by the
Clan of Shema (
1 Chronicles 2:43 )
Eran - Eran was grandson of Ephraim and a
Clan leader in the tribe of Ephraim (
Numbers 26:36 )
Gether - The
Clan of which he is the eponymous founder has not been identified
Avenger of Blood - It depends for its maintenance upon the solidarity of the
Clan or tribe. All the members of the tribe, whatever may be the immediate parental relationship, are counted as being of one blood; a wrong done to one is a wrong done to all, to be avenged if necessary by all the offended
Clan upon all the
Clan of the offender. ’...
Of the form of blood-revenge that involved the whole
Clan or tribe in the murder of a single individual there are still traces in the OT (
Joshua 7:24 ,
2 Kings 9:25 ). The steady effort of Hebrew law was to limit this ancient custom so as to ensure that a blood feud should not perpetuate itself to the ruin of a whole
Clan, and that deliberate murder and accidental homicide should not come under the same penalty
Zimran - The name is derived from zemer , ‘mountain-sheep or -goat,’ this animal having doubtless been the totem of the
Clan
Iezer - Son of Gilead in tribe of Manasseh and original
Clan ancestor of Iezerites (
Numbers 26:30 )
Imri - Ancestor of
Clan from tribe of Judah living in Jerusalem after the return from Exile (
1 Chronicles 9:4 )
Bethlehem-Ephratah - (KJV) or BETHLEHEM-EPHRATHAH (NAS, NIV, NRSV) Place name used by
Micah 5:2 to designate birthplace of new David who would come from Bethlehem, David's birthplace, and of the
Clan of Ephratah, that of Jesse, David's father (
1 Samuel 17:12 )
Gazez - As other names in the list represent cities in southern Judah occupied by the
Clan of Caleb, Gazez may also be a city, though nothing else is known about it
Bazlith - ” Original ancestor of
Clan of Temple employees who returned from Exile in Babylon with Zerubbabel in 537 B
Shuhah - Some commentators connect the name to Suchati known from Egyptian sources and think of a forefather of a nomadic
Clan who lived in the Negeb
Ehud - Great grandson of Benjamin and
Clan leader in that tribe (
1 Chronicles 7:10 ).
Clan leader in tribe of Benjamin who originally lived in Geba but were deported by someoIsraeliten to Manahath (
1 Chronicles 8:6 )
Manahathites - The genealogy in these two passages is to be interpreted as meaning that the city Manahath , occupied by portions of two sections of the Edomite
Clan Caleb, came to be reckoned to Judah
Hobaiah - ”
Clan of priests in time of Zerrubbabel who did not have family records to prove their descent from pure priestly lines and were excluded from the priesthood (
Ezra 2:61 ;
Nehemiah 7:63 )
Eshtemoa - A member of
Clan of Caleb in tribe of Judah (
1 Chronicles 4:17 ), probably listed as the
Clan father of those who settled in Eshtemoa
Kenizzite - (kehn' ihz zite)
Clan name of uncertain meaning.
Clan God promised Abraham the Israelites would dispossess (
Genesis 15:19 )
Eliehoenai - One of the twelve
Clan heads who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon with Ezra (
Ezra 8:4 )
Clan - ) A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the
Clan of Macdonald
Haahashtari - ” Member of tribe of Judah and
Clan of Caleb (
1 Chronicles 4:6 ), the form of the word indicating as in many biblical genealogies a political group as well as the ancestor
Shupham - (sshyoo' fam) Personal name of uncertain meaning reconstructed by scholars as son of Benjamin on basis of the
Clan name Shuphamite (
Numbers 26:39 )
Elimelech - He is spoken of as if he were the head of a
Clan in the tribe of Judah (cf
Caleb - (cay' lihb) CALEBITE Personal and
Clan name meaning, “dog. Perhaps Caleb represented a Kenezite
Clan that had joined the Israelites and become incorporated into the tribe of Judah
Addan - descent by showing to what
Clan or family they belonged (
Ezra 2:59 )
Azgad -
Clan of which 1222 (
Nehemiah 7:17 says 2,322) returned from Exile in Babylon with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem in 537 B
Beth-Rapha - This apparently describes the beginning of a
Clan who lived at the town whose name is not known
Elizaphan - A
Clan leader among the sons of Kohath among the Levites in the wilderness with Moses (
Numbers 3:30 )
Chileab - His name could be associated with the
Clan of Caleb
Rekem - A
Clan of Machir (
1 Chronicles 7:16 Hanan - Clan or guild of prophets or priests living in the Temple. Clan of Temple servants who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian Exile with Zerubbabel about 537 B
Ram - ...
...
A person mentioned in
Job 32:2 as founder of a
Clan to which Elihu belonged
Arubboth - This would be territory belonging to the
Clan of Hepher of the tribe of Mannasseh in the northern part of the Plain of Sharon, southwest of Megiddo and southeast of Dor
Indians, Cree - Of Algonquian stock, they were good-natured, honest, without
Clan system, and polygamous
Edrei - The
Clan of Machir in the tribe of Manasseh laid claim to the city (
Joshua 13:31 )
Kain - A
Clan name = the Kenites (wh
Heber - He was the original
Clan ancestor of the Heberites (
Numbers 26:45 ). His wife Jael killed Sisera, the Canaanite general, breaking a political alliance between Heber's
Clan and Jabin, Sisera's king (
Judges 4:17 )
Hodaviah - Original ancestor of
Clan in half-tribe of Manasseh living east of the Jordan (
1 Chronicles 5:24 ). A
Clan of Levites who returned to Judah under Zerubbabel about 537 B
Hushah - ” Member of tribe of Judah (
1 Chronicles 4:4 ) listed along with Bethlehem and thus probably original ancestor of
Clan who lived in town of Hushah, perhaps modern Husan near Bethlehem
Kain - A
Clan mentioned in the fourth oracle of Balaam (
Numbers 24:22 ; KJV has Kenite)
Kinsman - A wrong done to a single member of the family was considered a crime against the entire tribe or
Clan. The
Clan had an obligation, therefore, to punish the wrongdoer. According to the imagery of ancient people, the blood of the murdered man cried up from the ground for vengeance, and the cry was heard loudest by that member of the
Clan who stood nearest to the dead in kinship; therefore, the closest of kin followed through with the blood avenger responsibility (compare
Genesis 4:1-16 , especially
Genesis 4:10 )
Heman - A son (or
Clan) of Zerah of the tribe of Judah (
1 Chronicles 2:6 ), probably also alluded to in the title of
Psalms 88:1-18 as Heman the Ezrahite, Ezrah being another form of Zechariah 3 Zechariah 3 Zechariah 3 . ,
1 Chronicles 2:42-43 with
1 Chronicles 6:2 ), and as the wise men of
1 Kings 4:31 are legendary, it is probable that the three Hemans are the same legendary ancestor of a
Clan celebrated for its music and wisdom
Bani - Original ancestor of
Clan of whom 642 returned from Babylonian Exile with Zerubbabel about 537 B. Same
Clan apparently had members who had married foreign wives and agreed to divorce them to avoid bringing religious temptation to the covenant community (
Ezra 10:29 ,
Ezra 10:29,10:34 ,
Ezra 10:34,10:38 )
Asaph - Asaph was the father of the
Clan of Temple musicians who served through the history of the Temple. A member of the
Clan was among the first to return from Exile in 537 B
Patriarch - (πατριάρχης, from πατριά, ‘clan,’ and ἀρχή, ‘rule’)...
A patriarch is the father or head of a πατριά or
Clan
Senaah - The children of Senaah, or more correctly Hassenaah , were a
Clan or family who, according to
Ezra 2:35 ,
Nehemiah 7:38 ,
1Es 5:23 , were among the exiles of the first Restoration under Zerub
Jerahmeelite - (jih rah' mee ehl ite) Member of
Clan of Jerahmeel which apparently lived south of Beersheba in the Negeb
Gaels - They were organized in tribal communities, each
Clan being governed by a chief, who was always a member of the ruling family, or by a king
Pahath-Moab - The name of a Jewish
Clan which consisted of two branches, Jeshua and Joah
Hamor - Hamor was the original
Clan ancestor of the city of Shechem (
Judges 9:28 )
Shaul - The
Clan of which he is the eponym was of mixed Isr
Ira - ‘The Jairite’ denotes that he was of the Gileadite
Clan of the Jairites
Anak, Anakim - (ay' nak, an' uh kihm) Personal and
Clan name meaning, “long-necked” or “strong-necked
Ephratah - It may be that Ephrathah was a
Clan name of a family in Bethlehem whose importance made the
Clan name a synonym for the city. Ephrathah may have been a
Clan name associated with several different geographical localities, the most famous of which was Bethlehem
Manahath - Mentioned only in
1 Chronicles 8:5 as the place to which certain Benjamite
Clans were carried captive. eponymous ancestor of a
Clan of Edom, or of the earlier population conquered and absorbed by Edom
Ephah - Ephah was thus the original ancestor of a
Clan of Midianites, and the
Clan name could be used in poetry in parallel with Midian to talk about the Midianites (
Isaiah 60:6 )
Jeshua - A
Clan related to the Pahath-moab or governor of Moab, some of whose members returned from Exile with Zerubbabel (
Ezra 2:6 ). A
Clan of Levites in the postexilic community, probably having some connection with the
Clan of 1
Indians, Songish - They had the
Clan-system castes, and had communal houses with carved totem posts
Izhar - Son of Kohath and grandson of Levi, thus original ancestor of a priestly
Clan (
Exodus 6:18 )
Eliphelet - A
Clan leader who accompanied Ezra on his return from Exile in Babylon (
Ezra 8:13 )
Huldah - HULDAH (‘weasel’; an old totem
Clan-name so W
Ashurite - (assh' uhr ite) or ASHURI (NIV) Apparently a tribe or
Clan over which Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, ruled (
2 Samuel 2:9 )
Jerah - On the other hand, in Hebrew the word signifies ‘new moon’; it may therefore be the translation of a totemic
Clan-name
Millo - 'House of Millo,' in connection with Shechem, apparently a family or
Clan
Songish Indians - They had the
Clan-system castes, and had communal houses with carved totem posts
Dinah - Dinah was perhaps a small Israelite
Clan, according to the traditions closely related to Simeon and Levi; according to the name, possibly more closely to Dan. Hamor is the name of the Hivite
Clan in possession of the city. The weak Israelite
Clan, having become detached from the related tribes, was overpowered by the Canaanite inhabitants of Shechem and incorporated. The Dinah
Clan disappeared at the same time
Seir - Some documents found in Egypt seem to make Seir and Edom two different tribal habitats, and it is possible that at times in its history the area was ruled over simultaneously by several local
Clans. The “sons of Seir” represented an early Horite
Clan from the region
Abiezer - Territory belonging to
Clan of Abiezer of tribe of Manasseh located in southwest part of Manasseh's territory and including towns of Elmattan, Ophrah, and Tetel
Binnui -
Clan leader of 648 members who returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon about 537 B
Asaiah - He is apparently the same as the chief of the sons of Merari, who led 220 of his
Clan in helping bring the ark of the covenant from the house of Obed-edom to Jerusalem (
1 Chronicles 15:1 ). Leader of
Clans from Shilo who returned from Babylonian Exile about 537 B
Chief - ) The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe,
Clan, or family; a person in authority who directs the work of others; the principal actor or agent
Canton - ) A small community or
Clan
Captivity, Babylonian - They preserved their old
Clan relations (1 Esdras 2); had their own judges and magistrates (Jeremiah 29; Daniel 13); and some rose to positions of honor and responsibility (Daniel 1; Jeremiah 52; Esther 2)
Sahaptin - The
Clan system was unknown, and the chiefs were usually elected
Babylonian Captivity - They preserved their old
Clan relations (1 Esdras 2); had their own judges and magistrates (Jeremiah 29; Daniel 13); and some rose to positions of honor and responsibility (Daniel 1; Jeremiah 52; Esther 2)
Rechab, Rechabites - It was not binding on an entire
Clan. A genuine tradition is probably embodied in the Chronicler’s statement (
1 Chronicles 2:55 ), that the
Clan of the Rechabites was connected with the Kenites , and this would square admirably with the view that the Jahweh-religion was communicated to Israel by Kenite influence. Subsequently to Jeremiah we do not find more than two Biblical allusions to the
Clan in question, and one of these is doubtful
Ebal - Grandson of Seir and son of
Clan leader Shobal among the Horite descendants living in Edom (
Genesis 36:23 )
Tobiah - Ancestor of
Clan who returned from Exile but could not show they were Israelites (
Ezra 2:60 )...
...
Barzillai - A priestly
Clan whose ancestor had married the daughter of 1
Jebusites - (jehb' yoo ssihtess)
Clan who originally controlled Jerusalem before David conquered the city. In the list of the descendants of Noah (
Genesis 10:1 ) the Jebusites are traced through the line of Ham and Canaan and are listed alongside other
Clans such as the Amorites and Girgashites
Jeduthun - If that is the case, Jeduthun would have been the son of Kushaiah and a member of the
Clan of Merari
Mohawks - A North American Indian tribe, the most easterly of the Iroquois confederation, represented in the federal council by nine chiefs, three from each
Clan
Shaphan - SHAPHAN (‘coney’ or ‘rock-badger’; an old totem
Clan-name so W
Midian - (Authorized Version Madian,
Acts 7:29)...
This was the name of a people broken up into several
Clans and inhabiting N. One
Clan, the Kenites, dwelt near Mount Sinai, and to it Moses fled from Pharaoh (
Exodus 2:15)
Anathoth - A chief that is a family or
Clan leader, who along with 84 other priests, Levites, and leaders signed a covenant that the Israelites would obey the law of God given through Moses (
Nehemiah 10:19 )
Zabad -
1 Chronicles 7:21 , an Ephraimite; if the text is correct, this passage and 1 Indicate that there was some uncertainty as to the reckoning of the
Clan probably intended by the name
Jashobeam - Elsewhere Jashobeam is a member of the
Clan of Hachmon
Claudia - Claudia probably learned Christianity from Pomponia, and took from her the surname of the Pomponian
Clan, Rufina; so we find Rufus, a Christian in
Romans 16:13
Family - ) Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe,
Clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family
Government - The next level of social organization was the
Clan, often designated by the Old Testament as the family (Hebrew mishpahah ). The
Clan was composed of several related extended families. One individual might be designated as chief or head of each
Clan. The next larger social level was the tribe (Hebrew shevet ), composed of several
Clans. ...
It has been argued recently that the tribal and
Clan structures were based not on kinship, but on grouping for common defense. Thus a
Clan might be formed by two or three villages banding together and a tribe by two or three of the
Clan units. The elders for a
Clan were probably the heads of the households that comprised the
Clan. For a tribe, the elders would have been all the household heads, or selected elders from each
Clan
Ownership - After the division of the land among the twelve tribes, individual plots were given to family groups or
Clans. The law of the kinsman-redeemer (
Leviticus 25:25 ) was developed to assure that land belonging to a particular
Clan did not pass out of its hands despite the death of an heirless husband. The impoverished widow would not be forced to sell her land to outsiders, thus diminishing the tribal area of the
Clan
Five Nations - Their government was based upon the
Clan system, with descent in the female line, each tribe having its women's council, chosen from the mothers of the tribe and taking the initiative in public matters, such as the right of adoption, the jurisdiction of territorial domain, and the decisions of questions of war and peace
Etam - Member of tribe of Judah and apparently
Clan father of town of same name associated with Jezreel (
1 Chronicles 4:3 )
Caleb - ...
As a name of a
Clan , Caleb (= Calebites) formed a branch of the children of Kenaz, an Edomite tribe, who settled in the hill-country north of the Negeb; they had possessions also in the Negeb itself (
Joshua 14:13-15 ,
1Sa 30:14 ,
1 Chronicles 24:2 ff
Kenizzites - A
Clan named from an eponymous ancestor, Kenaz . This latter portion embraced the
Clans of Caleb and Othniel
Pashhur - A priest who signed the covenant with Nehemiah, probably identical with 4 , or used of the
Clan as a whole (
Nehemiah 10:3 )
Asher - Whether this fact operated in its naming, or whether the name was originally that of a divinity of a militant Canaanite
Clan mentioned frequently in the Tell el-Amarna letters as the Mârî abd-Ashirti (‘Sons of the servant of Asherah’), or whether the Canaanite tribe ‘Asaru , known from the inscriptions of the Egyptian king Seti I. The two last theories imply an amalgamation of original inhabitants with a Hebrew
Clan or tribe, which, probably prior to the entrance of the southern tribes, had found its way into the North
Cherethites And Pelethites - The Cherethites were a Philistine
Clan (
1 Samuel 30:14 ), dwelling on the coast (
Ezekiel 25:16 ,
Zephaniah 2:5 ); and the name Pelethites may have been a corrupt form of Philistines . Unwillingness to believe that foreigners stood so near the national hero led certain Jewish scholars to assert that the two
Clans were Israelites
Indians, Maya - They had a
Clan system with descent in the male line
Maya Indians - They had a
Clan system with descent in the male line
Ezer - A descendant of Judah (
1 Chronicles 4:4 ) in the
Clan of Caleb. It may be history of
Clans of Ephraim and refer to a moment of mourning in the history of families descended from Ephraim
Gebal - An Idumean
Clan, on the right of Ammon, as Amalek was on the left; for in the psalm it is coupled with Moab, Ammon, Amalek, and Edom
People - This emphasis of the word is related to the meaning of its cognates in Ugaritic (clan), Arabic (uncle on one’s father’s side), and Nabataean (uncle on one’s father’s side). The word is quite often combined with divine names and titles in people’s names (theophoric names) where God is set forth as the God of a particular tribe,
Clan, or family—for example, Jekameam (God has raised up a
Clan or family,
Clan or family,
Christ: His Eye Our Stimulus - Seeing their chief fall, the
Clan wavered, and gave the enemy an advantage
Hamor - Head of the
Clan named from him while yet alive "the children of Hamor
Levite - According to the view represented in the OT by the so-called ‘Priests’ Code,’ the Levites were originally the
Clan whose members were qualified for the priestly office
Jael - Wife of Heber the Kenite, a descendant of Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, who was head of an Arab
Clan which was established in the north of Palestine
Elam - A
Clan head of tribe of Benjamin living in Jerusalem (
1 Chronicles 8:24 ). Two
Clan leaders among the exiles who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel in 537 B
Medeba - In Maccabæan times it was the stronghold of a robber
Clan, Jambri, which killed John, eldest son of Mattathias
Camel - An ill-tempered camel in an unhampered rampage could quickly trample down the tents of a family or
Clan
Phinehas - After the Exile a
Clan of priests, ‘the sons of Phinehas,’ claimed descent from him (
Ezra 8:2 )
Kin - In all these cases the underlying idea is that the land is the inalienable property of the
Clan or ‘family’ (
Ruth 2:1 ) in the wider sense. It was the affair of the whole
Clan, and even tribe, of the murdered man (
2 Samuel 14:7 ), the former, as it were, delegating its rights to the nearest relatives
Fatherless - In societies where the basic social unit was the
Clan headed by a father (the eldest male relative, perhaps a grandfather or uncle), those without a father or husband were social misfits without one to provide for their material needs and represent their interests in the court (
Job 31:21 )
Kin, Kindred, Kinship - The unity of family or
Clan is viewed as a physical unity; for the blood is the life,—an idea familiar to us from the OT,—and it is the same blood, and therefore the same life, that is shared by every descendant of the common ancestor
Hamor - Some think that the name points to a totem
Clan, such as there is reason to believe existed among the early Canaanite, and other Semitic, peoples
Mari - An ancient city accidentally discovered by Arab
Clansmen, and later excavated by French archaeologists under the supervision of Andre Parrot. This includes the prominence of the firstborn within family structure, the legal procedures entailed in adoption or formalizing inheritance, the centrality and interdependence of the
Clan as a model for social structuring, the notion of tribal or ethnic movement of peoples and the relocation and resettlement in a new area, the importance of genealogical registers similar to those of
Genesis 5:1 and
Genesis 11:1 as a means of establishing personal or
Clan authority, the prominent role and the forms of ritual in religious practices, the procedures for census taking, and the nature of prophets and prophecy
Elder - As the father is head of the household, so the chiefs of the principal families ruled the
Clan and the tribe, their authority being ill-defined, and, like that of an Arab sheik, depending on the consent of the governed
Gideon - ...
This hostility did not last, for when Gideon called the people to battle, the people of his own
Clan (and therefore probably of his own town) were the first to respond
Name, Names - Among the earliest
Clan names are those of animals: Rachel (‘ewe’), Hamor (‘ass’), Caleb (‘dog’), etc. In David’s day we find individuals, possibly members of such
Clans, called Eglah (‘calf’), Laish (‘lion’), Bichri (from becher , ‘a young camel’). ...
There is an important class of compounds in which relationship originally conceived as physical with the god of the nation or
Clan is asserted: Ammiel (‘kinsman is El’), Abijah (‘father is Jah’), Ahijah (‘brother is Jah’). Many places, however, got their designation from a salient natural feature, a well ( beer ), a fountain ( en , in En-gedi ), a meadow ( abel ), a vineyard ( karmel ), woods ( jearim ), in Kirath-jearim ), a hill ( Gibeah, Gibeon, Ramah ), trees ( Bethphage, Bethtappuah, Anab, Abel-hasshittim, Elah, Allon-bacuth ); from some circumstance belonging to the history or legends of the locality, an encampment ( Mahanaim ), a watch-tower ( Migdal, Megiddo, Mizpah ), a village ( Hazer ), a temporary abode of shepherds ( Succoth ), a place of refuge ( Adullam ), a vision ( Bcer-lahai-roi ); from the
Clan which dwelt there ( Samaria ). On the totem-theory this would mean that the
Clan bestowed the name of its totem-animal on the place of its abode. Special interest attaches to the names of two
Clans in the S
Sheep - (Chardin says he saw a
Clan of Turcoman shepherds whose flock consisted of 3,000,000 sheep and goats, besides 400,000 Feasts of carriage, as horses, asses and camels
Family - One word (mishpachah ) was used to describe the larger partriarchal
Clan which included those persons related by blood, marriage, slaveship, and even animals (as found in the fourth commandment,
Exodus 20:10 ). It represented a
Clan of descendents (
Deuteronomy 25:5-10 ), or property and persons of a particular place or residence on which and on whom one depended (
Job 8:15 ). Beyond the household was the larger
Clan, the tribe, and the nation which were descendants of Abraham, the origin of the people of Israel. Another term (oikos ) meant a house or a building but could also refer to a lineage or
Clan much like the Old Testament word for household (
1 Corinthians 1:16 )
Shimei, Shimeites - The personage of this designation, of whom the historian has given us some details, is a Benjamite of the
Clan of Saul
Governor - , a
Clan or a subdivision of a tribe
Genealogies - to the original ancestor of the family,
Clan or nation
Jehonadab - )...
Jehonadab, the tribe father of the Rechabites, enjoined the rule of the
Clan on his children the more strictly because these were brought into close contact with the settled community, which would tempt them to neglect it, namely, to dwell in tents and not build houses, not to sow seed or plant vineyards
Acceptance - Human acceptance (or rejection) of other humans is affected by many things such as race, class,
Clan, sex, actions of the individual, prejudice, etc
Genealogy - The existence of all the twelve sons of Jacob as individuals is on various grounds improbable; they represent tribes, and in many cases their ‘descendants’ are simply individual names coined to account for cities,
Clans, and subdivisions of the tribes (
Genesis 46:8 ,
Numbers 26:1-65 ). ‘Father’ often means founder of a city; in
Genesis 4:20 it stands for the originator of occupations and professions; members of a guild or
Clan are its ‘sons. ( a ) The records, though in most cases worthless if regarded as referring to individuals, are of the highest importance as evidence of the movements and history of peoples and
Clans, and of the beliefs entertained about them. We gather that the Calebites (‘dog-tribe’) were a related but alien
Clan, which entered into friendly relations with Judah at the time of the conquest of Canaan, and perhaps took the lead in the invasion. So generally, though no uniform interpretation of the genealogies is possible, a marriage will often point to the incorporation of new elements into the tribe, a birth to a fresh subdivision or migration, or an unfruitful marriage to the disappearance of a
Clan. Names of places and
Clans appear as individuals (
1 Chronicles 2:18-24 ,
1 Chronicles 7:30-40 ). In the same way the position of
Clans, such as Caleb and Jerahmeel, which in the early history appear as alien, is legitimized by artificial genealogies (
1 Chronicles 2:1-55 )
Vote - The vow of a Nazirite might be for life, as in the case of Samson (
Judges 13:7), or might even include an entire
Clan for several generations, as in the case of the Rechabites (
Jeremiah 35:6-11)
Persia, Persians - Apparently they were a union of tribes, the ancestors of Cyrus being the chiefs of the leading
Clan
Incest - However, Hebrew marriage practice was also basically endogamous on the level of
Clan and tribe, so that one married within one's
Clan to create lineage solidarity and to preserve the
Clan's landed inheritance
Dan - Its feminine counterpart is Dinah (Jacob’s daughter by Leah), which as the name of the half-sister of Dan is probably reminiscent of some related
Clan that early lost its identity
Inherit - The usage of nachălâh in the Pentateuch and Joshua indicates that the word often denotes that “possession” which all of Israel or a tribe or a
Clan received as their share in the Promised Land
Father - In such use, the word may refer to the first man, a “forefather,” a
Clan (
Stranger - A whole
Clan or tribe might be gçrîm in Israel, as e
Naphtali - None of these
Clan-names given here, except Guni, appears again outside of the genealogy repeated in
1 Chronicles 7:13
Judah - Hirah is a Canaanite
Clan; Er and Onan stand for two other
Clans which became united to Judah, but early disappeared; the other three continued to exist as constituents of Judah
Wisdom And Wise Men - ...
The Wise Men Preserved This Wisdom Though at first such wisdom was probably the responsibility of the patriarch or head of the
Clan, it appears that every ancient culture developed a distinct class of people, the hakam or sages, who were responsible for the creating and preserving of their wisdom
Ban - This has to be interpreted in the light of the primitive solidarity between a god and his
Clan
Hospitality - The stranger eating with a
Clansman becomes ‘kinsman’ to all the members of the
Clan, as regards ‘the fundamental rights and duties that turn on the sanctity of kindred blood’ (Wellhausen, Reste Arab. This sanctity may be traced to the ancient belief that the
Clan god shared its life, and when an animal was slain for food took part in the common meal. The
Clan’s friends were therefore the god’s friends, whom to injure was to outrage the deity
Gideon - The son of Joash, a Manassite; he dwelt in Ophrah, a place hitherto unidentified, which belonged to the
Clan of the Abiezrites
Jacob - Esau by this time had established a powerful
Clan (Edom) in neighbouring regions to the south-east
Justice - ...
( b ) The next stage was that in which justice was administered by the ‘elders’ of a
Clan or tribe (see
Numbers 11:16 ). A number of families, united by ties of kinship, became, by the formation of a
Clan, a unity as closely connected as the family itself. In
Exodus 18:13-27 we have what purports to be the original institution of the administration of justice by the elders of
Clans, Moses himself acting in the capacity of a kind of court of appeal (
Exodus 18:26 ); it is, of course, quite possible that, so far as Israel was concerned, this account is historically true, but the institution must have been much older than the time of Moses, and in following Jethro’s guidance, Moses was probably only re-instituting a régime which had long existed among his nomad forefathers
Priest, Priesthood - Therefore, it was natural that the Lord should then choose the whole tribe of Levi to assist the
Clan of Aaron with all their priestly duties in place of the firstborn of all Israel (
Numbers 8:14-19 ). ...
So, although the entire nation constituted "a kingdom of priests, " the Lord established Aaron's descendants as the perpetual priestly
Clan in Israel
Levite - There were three family
Clans within the tribe of Levi—Gershon, Kohath, and Meraribut it was only Kohath who supplied the Aaronic priests. Each
Clan in the tribe now had specific duties related to the tabernacle (
Numbers 3:14-18 )
Marriage (ii.) - It would be a mistake to see in this use of the paternal and filial relations a survival of that primitive religious concept which made members of a
Clan the sons of its gods
Exodus - Many scholars believe the Hebrew word eleph, usually translated “thousand,” can also be translated “clan” or “fighting unit
Furniture - Chests of some sort would be used when the family or
Clan was settled then double as carriage crates when on the move
Pilate - Connected with the Pontian
Clan (gens ), first remarkable in the person of Pontius Telesinus, the great Samnite general
Poor (Person), Weak (Person) - ...
When Gideon challenged the Lord’s summoning him to deliver Israel, he emphasized that his
Clan was too weak to do the job: “And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh …” (
Joshua - ...
The view is widely held that Joshua has no historical reality as a person, that his name is merely the name of a
Clan in Ephraim, and that his leadership in Israel represents, and puts back into the period of the conquest the commanding position which Ephraim had come to hold in the Israelite confederation. But only on the supposition that there was something to idealize is it possible to understand why a man, who belongs to a
Clan in Ephraim which is otherwise unknown, came to be set up as the hero under whom they won their foothold among the nations, and passed from wandering tribes into a people. This may represent the historical fact that the two strong
Clans of Judah and Ephraim were the first to be settled
Manasseh - One lot only is consequently assigned to them, the limits of which are roughly sketched in
Joshua 16:1-3 ,
Joshua 17:1-18 gives Gilead and Bashan to Machir (making no mention of Jair and Nobah), and
Joshua 17:2 begins to tell of the assignments to the remainder of the Manassite
Clans, but fails to do so. But the ‘clan’ names, Abiezer, Shechem, and the names of the cities appended show that they were on the West. ...
For the
Clans see
Joshua 17:1-2 (J
Timothy, the Second Epistle to - ) But now three years had elapsed; and Paul as a Roman citizen was treated with greater respect for legal forms, and was acquitted on the "first" charge (2 Timothy 4:17) of instigating the Christians to incendiarism before his last departure from Rome; it was then that Alexander the coppersmith witnessed against him (2 Timothy 4:14); no patron dared to advocate his cause, though being probably a client of the Aemilian Clan, from whence he derived his name Paul, he might naturally have looked for advocacy (2 Timothy 4:16-17)
King, Kingship - Kings were of three basic kinds in the Ancient Near East: (1) kings of great nations often identified with a god (for example, in Assyria, Babylon, and Egypt); (2) kings from a military elite who had taken control of a local population by force (for example, Canaanite city kings); and (3) kings who arose from tribal or
Clan-oriented groups whose election to or inheritance of the kingship was determined in part by the people's will (for example, Israel, Edom, Moab, and Ammon)
Arabia, Arabs - In these passages ‘Arâb can hardly be taken as the name of a single
Clan quite distinct from Dedan and the rest. 700) is connected with the circumstance that the ancient
Clans of Ishmael, Midian, Amalek, etc. A brave tribe may be weakened by famine or defeat; it may be compelled to migrate or to adopt a settled mode of life, and thus its name becomes lost among a peasant population; or it may become otherwise broken up and its fragments attached to other tribes, so that small
Clans by assimilating foreign elements become great tribes
Number - ‘ Thousand ’ especially has been held to be a term denoting ‘tribe’ or ‘clan’ (see
Judges 6:15 ,
1 Samuel 10:19 ); so that ‘a thousand’ might contain comparatively few men. of Numbers more credible by reducing the total amounts; but it is clear that the narrative as it stands intends ‘thousand’ to be a numeral, and does not use the word for a ‘clan
Tribes of Israel, the - The tribe was comprised of “clans. ” The “clan,” a mishpachah , was a family of families or a cluster of households that had a common ancestry. The
Clan was comprised then of the individual households or families referred to as the “father's house” the beth ab
Family - It formed the base upon which the social structure was built up; its indistinguishable merging into the wider sense of
Clan or tribe indicates how it affected the political life of the whole nation
Elder - With the disintegration of the tribal unit, influential families came to fill the void of authority left by the breakdown of the
Clan
Jonathan - "glad" to accompany them; ambition readily prompted the desire to be priest to a tribe and
Clan rather than to one individual
Shepherds - Chardin had an opportunity of seeing a
Clan of Turcoman shepherds on their march, about two days' distance from Aleppo
Education in Bible Times - Parents and elders of the
Clan or extended family were responsible for the education of children. Since ancient Israel was largely a
Clan society, extended family members like grandparents, aunts and uncles, and even cousins might also participate in the educational process within the home
Government - During the nomadic or patriarchal age the unit is the family or
Clan, and, for certain purposes, the tribe
Patriarchs, the - ” A patriarch is thus a ruling ancestor who may have been the founding father of a family, a
Clan, or a nation
Messiah - He was to leave country,
Clan, and family to become the channel of messianic blessings to all nations (
Genesis 12:1-3 )
Gideon - ...
His own
Clan the Abiezrites, Manasseh W
High Place, Sanctuary - At these, from Dan to Beersheba, sacrifices were offered by individuals, by the family (
1 Samuel 1:3 ), and by the
Clan (
1 Samuel 20:6 ); there men ate and drank ‘before the Lord’ at the joyful sacrificial meal
Sepulchre - ’ The Apostle’s argument is that, in spite of the fact that David was a patriarch and the founder of a royal family or
Clan, and wrote
Psalms 16:10 (‘For thou wilt not leave my soul in Sheol,’ etc
Jews, Judaism - ...
Later, Judah moves west to Adullam, away from the Jacob
Clan, where he married a Canaanite woman. Smaller tribal groups and
Clans within the tribal boundaries were in time absorbed into Judah—Kenites (
Judges 1:16 ), Kenazzites (1:11-15), Simeonites (1:17), Jerahmeelites, and Othnielites
Jacob - According to the one, the transaction was personal, and involved a fulfilment by Shechem of a certain unspecified condition; according to the other, the entire
Clan was involved on either side, and the story is that of the danger of the absorption of Israel by the local Canaanites and its avoidance through the interposition of Simeon and Levi
Marriage - The daughter is valuable to the
Clan as a possible mother of warriors, and cannot be parted with except for a consideration
Priest (2) - In primitive days, families were represented by the patriarch or head of a
Clan; but as the sense of sin grew and deepened, and as the Divine purpose of redemption was gradually unfolded, it became necessary to have men entirely separated for this office
Israel - Isaac is a shadowy figure confined mostly to the south, and possibly represents a south Palestinian
Clan, which was afterwards absorbed by the Israelites. Jacob-Israel (Jacob, as shown above, is of Canaanitish origin; Israel was the name of the confederated
Clans) represents the nation Israel itself. Judah was, in the period before the conquest, a far smaller tribe than afterwards, for, as will appear later, many Palestinian
Clans were absorbed into Judah. Religion was at this period purely an affair of ritual and material success, and since
Clans had escaped from Egypt through the name of Jahweh, others would more readily adopt His worship also