•The father of Ahab the false prophet, who was burnt by the king of Babylon. (Jeremiah 29:21)
(B.C. before 594.)
Korah
(baldness).
•Third son of Esau by Aholibamah. (Genesis 36:5,14,18; 1 Chronicles 1:35) He was born in Canaan
before Esau migrated to Mount Seir, (Genesis 36:5-9) and was one of the “dukes” of Edom. (B.C.
1790.)
•Another Edomitish “duke” of this name, sprung from Eliphaz, Esau’s son of Adah. (Genesis 36:16)
•One of the “sons of Hebron,” in (1 Chronicles 2:43)
•Son of Izhar the son of Kohath the son of Levi. He was leader of the famous rebellion against his
cousins Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, for which he paid the penalty of perishing with his
followers by an earthquake and flames of fire. (Numbers 16; 26:9-11) The particular grievance
which rankled in the mind of Korah and his company was their exclusion from the office of the
priesthood, and their being confined—those among them who were Levites— to the inferior service
of the tabernacle. Korah’s position as leader in this rebellion was evidently the result of his personal
character, which was that of a bold, haughty and ambitious man. (B.C. 1490.) In the New Testament
(Jude 1:11) Korah is coupled with Cain and Balaam.
Korahite
(1 Chronicles 9:19,31) Kor’-hite, or Kor’athite, that portion of the Kohathites who were
descended from Korah. They were an important branch of the singers, (2 Chronicles 20:19) hence
we find eleven psalms (or twelve, if Psal 43 is included under the same title as Psal 42, dedicated
or assigned to the sons of Korah, viz., Psal 42,44-49,84,85,87,88,
Kore
(partridge).
•A Korahite, ancestor of Shallum and Meshelemiah, chief porters in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles
9:19; 26:1) (B.C. 1014.)
•Son of Imnah, a Levite in the reign of Hezekiah. He had charge of the offerings. (2 Chronicles
31:14) (B.C. 726.)
•In the Authorized Version of (1 Chronicles 26:19) “the sons of Kore” (following the Vulgate Core)
should properly be “the sons of the Korhite.”
Koz
(thorn), (Ezra 2:61; Nehemiah 3:4,21) = Coz = Hakkoz.
Kushaiah
(bow of Jehovah), the same as Kish or Kishi, the father of Ethan the Merarite. (1 Chronicles
15:17)
Laadah
(order), the son of Shelah and grandson of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:21)
Laadan
(put in order).
•An Ephraimite, ancestor of Joshua the son of Nun. (1 Chronicles 7:26)
•The son of Gershom, elsewhere called Libni. (1 Chronicles 23:7,8,9; 26:21)