People of the Bible · Tribe of Joseph

Ammihud, son of Laadan

The name Ammihud means “people of praise.” Ammihud is mentioned in 6 verses of the Bible, first in Numbers 1:10.

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Who was Ammihud?

The father of the Ephraimite chief Elishama, at the time of the Exodus (Num. 1:10; 2:18; 7:48, 53).

Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.

Key verses about Ammihud

  • Numbers 1:10

    Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

  • Numbers 2:18

    On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.

  • Numbers 7:48

    On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered:

  • Numbers 7:53

    And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.

  • Numbers 10:22

    And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:26

    Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,

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