Bible Dictionary
Nodab
Nogah was a son of David born in Jerusalem. His name means “splendor” or “brightness,” and he is listed among David’s sons in Chronicles.
Definition
Nodab was a Hagrite clan or Arab tribe. It is mentioned with Jetur and Naphish in the account of warfare involving the Israelite tribes east of the Jordan.
Biblical Usage
The trans-Jordanic Israelites fought Nodab, Jetur, and Naphish and defeated them completely. The name occurs in the biblical account of that conflict.
Historical Background
Nodab has been regarded as possibly descended from an Ishmaelite ancestor, though this identification is uncertain. A possible remembrance of the name has been suggested in Nudebe, a village in the Chauran.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Noble, probably a tribe descended from one of the sons of Ishmael, with whom the trans-Jordanic tribes made war (1 Chr. 5:19).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(nobility), the name of an Arab tribe mentioned only in (1 Chronicles 6:19) in the account of the war of the Reubenites against the Hagarites. vs. 9-22. It is probable that Nodab, their ancestor, was the son of Ishmael, being mentioned with two of his other sons in the passage above cited, and was therefore a grandson of Abraham.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>no'-dab (nodhabh; Nadabaioi): A Hagrite clan which, along with Jetur and Naphish, suffered complete defeat at the hands of the trans-Jordanic Israelites (1Ch 5:19). It has been suggested that Nodab is a corruption of Kedemah or of Nebaioth, names which are associated with Jetur and Naphish in the lists of Ishmael's sons (Ge 25:15; 1Ch 1:31), but it is difficult to see how even the most careless copyist could so blunder. There is a possible reminiscence of the name in Nudebe, a village in the Chauran.</p>