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Abitub

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H36

אֲבִיטוּב

a.vi.tuv — Abitub

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.11; son of: Shaharaim (H7842) and Hushim (H2366A); brother of: Jobab (H3103J), Zibia (H6644), Mesha (H4331), Malcam (H4445A), Jeuz (H3263), Sachia (H7634), Mirmah (H4821) and Elpaal (H0508) § Abitub = "my father is good(ness)" son of Shaharaim, a Benjamite

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2366

חוּשִׁים

chu.shim — Hushim

A womanof the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.8.8; married to Shaharaim (H7842); mother of: Abitub (H0036) and Elpaal (H0508) § Hushim = "who makes haste" one of the two wives of Shaharaim

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4445

מַלְכָּם

mal.kam — Malcam

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.9; son of: Shaharaim (H7842) and Hodesh (H2321); brother of: Jobab (H3103J), Zibia (H6644), Mesha (H4331), Jeuz (H3263), Sachia (H7634), Mirmah (H4821), Abitub (H0036) and Elpaal (H0508) § Milcom = "great king" a Benjamite, son of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H508

אֶלְפַּ֫עַל

el.pa.al — Elpaal

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.8.11; son of: Shaharaim (H7842) and Hushim (H2366A); brother of: Jobab (H3103J), Zibia (H6644), Mesha (H4331), Malcam (H4445A), Jeuz (H3263), Sachia (H7634), Mirmah (H4821) and Abitub (H0036); father of: Eber (H5677I), Misham (H4936), Shemed (H8106B), Beriah (H1283I), Shema (H8087I), Zebadiah (H2069H), Meshullam (H4918J), Hizki (H2395), Heber (H2268J), Ishmerai (H3461), Izliah (H3152), Jobab (H3103K) § Elpaal = "God is maker" a Benjamite

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3263

יְעוּץ

ye.uts — Jeuz

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.10; son of: Shaharaim (H7842) and Hodesh (H2321); brother of: Jobab (H3103J), Zibia (H6644), Mesha (H4331), Malcam (H4445A), Sachia (H7634), Mirmah (H4821), Abitub (H0036) and Elpaal (H0508) § Jeuz = "counsellor" head of a house of Benjamin

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4331

מֵישָׁא

me.sah — Mesha

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.9; son of: Shaharaim (H7842) and Hodesh (H2321); brother of: Jobab (H3103J), Zibia (H6644), Malcam (H4445A), Jeuz (H3263), Sachia (H7634), Mirmah (H4821), Abitub (H0036) and Elpaal (H0508) § Mesha = "freedom" a Benjamite, son of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh who bore him in the land of Moab

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4821

מִרְמָה

mir.mah — Mirmah

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.10; son of: Shaharaim (H7842) and Hodesh (H2321); brother of: Jobab (H3103J), Zibia (H6644), Mesha (H4331), Malcam (H4445A), Jeuz (H3263), Sachia (H7634), Abitub (H0036) and Elpaal (H0508) § Mirma = "fraud" a Benjamite born in the land of Moab

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6644

צִבְיָא

tsiv.ya — Zibia

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.9; son of: Shaharaim (H7842) and Hodesh (H2321); brother of: Jobab (H3103J), Mesha (H4331), Malcam (H4445A), Jeuz (H3263), Sachia (H7634), Mirmah (H4821), Abitub (H0036) and Elpaal (H0508) § Zibia = "roe" a Benjamite, son of Shaharaim by wife Hodesh

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7634

שָֽׂכְיָה

shov.yah — Sachia

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.10; son of: Shaharaim (H7842) and Hodesh (H2321); brother of: Jobab (H3103J), Zibia (H6644), Mesha (H4331), Malcam (H4445A), Jeuz (H3263), Mirmah (H4821), Abitub (H0036) and Elpaal (H0508) § Shachia = "announcement" a Benjamite, son of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7842

שַׁחֲרַ֫יִם

sha.cha.ra.yim — Shaharaim

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.8; married to Hushim (H2366A), Baara (H1199) and Hodesh (H2321); father of: Jobab (H3103J), Zibia (H6644), Mesha (H4331), Malcam (H4445A), Jeuz (H3263), Sachia (H7634), Mirmah (H4821), Abitub (H0036), Elpaal (H0508) § Shaharaim = "double dawn" a Benjamite, father of Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcham, Jeuz, Shachia, Mirma, Abitub, and Elpaal

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Historical dictionary entry

Father of goodness, a Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:11).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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