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Kilan
Excerpt from the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the most advanced Bible dictionary.
Mentioned (with Azetas) as leader of a clan that returned among the exiles with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:15). The names do not appear in the parallel lists of Ezra and Nehemiah.
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The Lexham Bible Dictionary
Kilan
Kilan (Κιλάν, Kilan). Mentioned (with Azetas) as leader of a clan that returned among the exiles with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:15). The names do not appear in the parallel lists of Ezra and Nehemiah.
The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary
Kilan (Person)
KILAN (PERSON) [Gk Kilan (Κιλαν)]. Progenitor of a family which returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (1 Esdr 5:15). Although 1 Esdras is often assumed to have been compiled from Ezra and Nehemiah, this family does not appear in their lists of returning exiles (see Ezra 2:16; Neh 7:21). Differences such
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised
Kilan
Kilan kīʹlən [Gk. Kilan]; AV CEILAN; NEB KEILAN. Head of a family whose sons returned with Zerubbabel after the Exile (1 Esd. 5:15). The sons’ names do not appear in the lists of Ezra and Nehemiah.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
KILAN
KILAN<ki’-lan> ([Κιλάν, Kilan]; the King James Version Ceilan): Mentioned with Azetas in 1 Esdras 5:15; their sons returned among the exiles with Zerubbabel. The names do not appear in the lists of Ezra and Nehemiah.
The Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible, Volume 3, H–L
Kilan
Kilan ki’luhn (Κιλαν). Ancestor of a family that returned from exile with Zerubbabel (1 Esd. 5:15; KJV, “Ceilan”).
The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia, Volumes 1–5
Kilan
KILAN, kīʹlan (Κιλάν, Kilán; AV Ceilan): Mentioned with Azetas in 1 Esd 5:15; their sons returned among the exiles with Zerubbabel. The names do not appear in the lists of Ear and Neh.
All the People in the Bible: An A–Z Guide to the Saints, Scoundrels, and Other Characters in Scripture
Kilan
Kilan [kī-lun]: head of a family who returned from the Babylonian exile (1 Esd. 5:15)
The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, Volumes 1–5
KILAN
KILAN ki´luhn [Κιλάν Kilan]. An exile whose progeny returned to the land with Zerubbabel (1 Esd 5:15). He does not appear in the par. lists in Ezra and Nehemiah.