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Ezbon
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Ezbon: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
son of Gad son of Jacob
son of Bela son of Benjamin
hastening to understand
son of Bela son of Benjamin
hastening to understand
Hebrew
Strongs #0675: Nwbua 'Etsbown or Nbua 'Etsbon
Ezbon = "hasting to discern: I will be enlargement"1) a son of Gad
2) grandson of Benjamin
675 'Etsbown ets-bone'
or mEtsbon {ets-bone'}; of uncertain derivation; Etsbon, thename of two Israelites:-Ezbon.
Ezbon [NAVE]
EZBON1. A son of Gad, Gen. 46:16.
Called Ozni in Num. 26:16.
2. Son of Bela, 1 Chr. 7:7.
EZBON [SMITH]
(working).- Son of Gad, and founder of one of the Gadite families. (Genesis 46:16; Numbers 26:16)
- Son of Bela, the son of Benjamin according to (1 Chronicles 7:7)
EZBON [ISBE]
EZBON - ez'-bon:(1) ('etsbon; Peshitta, 'etsba`on; Septuagint Thasoban): A son of Gad (Gen 46:16) = Ozni of Nu 26:16 (see OZNI).
(2) ('etsbon; Septuagint Asebon): In 1 Ch 7:7 is said to be a grandson of Benjamin. Curtis (Ch., 148) holds that the genealogical table there is that of Zebulun and not Benjamin, and says that Ezbon suggests Ibzan (Jdg 12:8-10), a minor judge of Bethlehem of Zebulun (Moore, Judges, 310).