Hebrew word · H385
אִיתָמָר
'itamar
Ithamar
Appears 21 times in 20 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.23;
son of: Aaron (H0175) and Elisheba (H0472);
brother of: Nadab (H5070), Abihu (H0030) and Eleazar (H0499)
§ Ithamar = "coast of palms"
fourth and youngest son of Aaron
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
Where it appears
Exodus · 3
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Exodus 6:23 אִֽיתָמָֽר׃ Ithamar
And Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Here: Fourth son, with a name of uncertain meaning (perhaps 'land/coast of palms'). He supervised the tabernacle inventory and the Gershonite and Merarite workers (Exod 38:21; Num 4:28, 33). The priestly house of Eli descended from him (1 Chr 24:3).
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Exodus 28:1 וְאִיתָמָ֖ר and Ithamar
“Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests.
Here: The fourth son. The meaning of his name is uncertain; 'palm-coast' and 'where is Tamar?' have both been proposed. He oversaw the Levites' work on the Tabernacle (Exodus 38:21; Numbers 4:28, 33).
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Exodus 38:21 אִֽיתָמָ֔ר Ithamar
This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
Here: Aaron's youngest son (Exod 6:23; 28:1). In Numbers he oversees the Gershonite and Merarite Levites, who carry the curtains, frames and metal fittings (Num 4:28, 33). Those are exactly the items this account tallies.
Leviticus · 3
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Leviticus 10:6 וּלְאִֽיתָמָ֨ר׀ and to Ithamar
Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn on account of the fire that the LORD has ignited.
Here: Aaron's fourth son. Both surviving sons are named so it is clear that the ban covers the whole priestly household, not only the high priest.
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Leviticus 10:12 אִ֨יתָמָ֥ר׀ Ithamar
And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the food offerings to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is most holy.
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Leviticus 10:16 אִֽיתָמָר֙ Ithamar
Later, Moses searched carefully for the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up. He was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and asked,
Numbers · 6
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Numbers 3:2 וְאִיתָמָֽר׃ and Ithamar
These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, then Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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Numbers 3:4 וְאִ֣יתָמָ֔ר and Ithamar
Nadab and Abihu, however, died in the presence of the LORD when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai. And since they had no sons, only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.
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Numbers 4:28 אִֽיתָמָ֔ר Ithamar
This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the Tent of Meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
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Numbers 4:33 אִֽיתָמָ֔ר Ithamar
This is the service of the Merarite clans according to all their work at the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”
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Numbers 7:8 אִֽיתָמָ֔ר Ithamar
and he gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen, as their service required, all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
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Numbers 26:60 אִיתָמָֽר׃ Ithamar
Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar were born to Aaron,
1 Chronicles · 8
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1 Chronicles 6:3 וְאִיתָמָֽר׃ ס and Ithamar
The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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1 Chronicles 24:1 וְאִיתָמָֽר׃ and Ithamar
These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Here: Aaron's fourth son. The meaning of the name is uncertain. He supervised the Levites in the wilderness (Exodus 38:21; Numbers 4:28, 33), was the ancestor of Ahimelech's line, and gets 8 of the 24 divisions.
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1 Chronicles 24:2 וְאִיתָמָֽר׃ and Ithamar
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.
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1 Chronicles 24:3 אִיתָמָ֑ר Ithamar
With the help of Eleazar’s descendant Zadok and Ithamar’s descendant Ahimelech, David divided them according to the offices of their service.
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1 Chronicles 24:4 אִיתָמָ֖ר אִיתָמָ֛ר Ithamar
Since more leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than those of Ithamar, they were divided accordingly. There were sixteen heads of families from the descendants of Eleazar and eight from the descendants of Ithamar.
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1 Chronicles 24:5 אִיתָמָֽר׃ ס Ithamar
Thus they were divided by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants.
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1 Chronicles 24:6 לְאִיתָמָֽר׃ פ for Ithamar
The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.
Ezra · 1
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Ezra 8:2 אִיתָמָ֖ר Ithamar
from the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom; from the descendants of Ithamar, Daniel; from the descendants of David, Hattush
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