A man of the tribe of Reuben living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.16.1;
son of: Eliab (H0446H);
brother of: Abiram (H0048) and Nemuel (H5241)
§ Dathan = "belonging to a fountain"
a Reubenite chief, son of Eliab, who, with his brother, Abiram, joined Korah's conspiracy against Moses' authority