NODAB nō dăb (נﯴדָֽב). The name of an Arabian tribe mentioned in 1 Chronicles 5:19 with Jetur and Naphish, as allies of the Hagrites. These tribes were defeated and dispossessed by Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh. The time is not specified, but in 1 Chronicles 5:10 the Hagrites appear again as the opponents of Saul.

Curtis (ICC, Chronicles, p. 120) reports that the Hagrites are named in Assyrian inscrs. with the Nabateans and located in northeastern Arabia. Other ancient sources are in agreement. Probably Hagar, the mother of Ishmael, is to be connected with the Hagrites.

The general location of the Israelite tribes in Trans-Jordan, the extrabiblical notices, and the grouping of Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab with the Hagrites, would combine to identify Nodab as an Arabian tribe. The name occurs only here in the Bible and nothing more is known about it.