Definitions
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- noun A descendant of Aaron; a
Levite .
Etymologies
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Aaron + -ite.
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Examples
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I, indeed, think the Baptist was born in Hebron, a city of Aaron, in the hill-country of Judea, Joshua 21: 11, Luke 1: 5,39; he being an Aaronite by father and mother.
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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Jehoiada, the leader of the Aaronites -- not the high priest, for that was Abiathar (1Sa 23: 9), but the leader of the Aaronite warriors, supposed to be the father of Benaiah (1Ch 11: 22).
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