Dathan

Da'than (Heb. Dathan', דָּתָן, welled, q. d. Fontanus; Sept. Δαθάν; Joseph. Δάθαμνος, Ant. 4:2, 2), a Reubenite chieftain, son of Eliab, who joined the conspiracy of Korah (q.v.) the Levite, and with his accomplices was swallowed up by an earthquake (Nu 16:1; Nu 26:9; De 11:6; Ps 106:17; comp. Ecclesiasticus 45:18). B.C. cir. 1618. SEE EXODE.

⇒Bible concordance for DATHAN.

⇒See also the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.