AMMINADAB ə mĭn’ ə dăb (עַמִּינָדָֽב), my kinsman is generous, noble). 1. The father of Nahshon, a prince in Judah (Num 1:7; 2:3; 7:12, 17; 10:14). He was also the father of Elisheba, the wife of Aaron (Exod 6:23), and a descendant of Perez, Judah’s son (Gen 38:29; 46:12), and the ancestor of David (Ruth 4:19, 20) as the NT also affirms in the two genealogical lists (Matt 1:4 and Luke 3:33) of Jesus.

2. A Levite who helped to bring the Ark to Jerusalem in David’s time (1 Chron 15:10, 11) belonging to the sons of Uzziel.

3. According to the LXX (Esth 2:15; 9:29), Amminadab is the father of Esther. The MT, which has “Abihail” should be preferred here to the LXX.

4. According to 1 Chronicles 6:22, Amminadab is a son of Korah, one of Levi’s descendants, but this cannot be the correct text since Amminadab appears as the father-in-law of Aaron (Exod 6:23). In a list in 1 Chronicles 6 which is almost parallel is the name Izhar (vv. 38f.) which agrees with the genealogy in Exodus 6:18, 22. Actually, A and L of the LXX have the correct reading of “Izhar” (1 Chron 6:22).

Bibliography E. L. Curtis and A. A. Madsen, ICC, Chronicles, 131-136.