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Carmi
Vine-dresser. (1.) The last named of the four sons of Reuben (Gen 46:9).
(2.) A descendant of Judah (1 Chr 4:1). He is elsewhere (1 Chr 2:18) called Caleb (q.v.).
(3.) The son of Zimri, and the father of Achan (Josh 7:1), “the troubler of Israel.”
Named in the Bible
8 verses
- Genesis 46:9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
- Exodus 6:14 These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.
- Numbers 26:6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
- Joshua 7:1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.
- Joshua 7:18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
- 1 Chronicles 2:7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
- 1 Chronicles 4:1 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
- 1 Chronicles 5:3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
