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Tohu

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8459

תֹּחוּ

to.chu — Tohu

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.1.1; son of: Zuph (H6689); father of: Elihu (H0453); also called Nahath at 1Ch.6.26; Toah at 1Ch.6.34; § Tohu = "lowly" Levite, son of Zuph, father of Elihu, and great grandfather of Samuel

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H453

אֱלִיהוּ

e.li.hu — Elihu

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.1.1; son of: Tohu (H8459); father of: Jeroham (H3395); also called Eliab at 1Ch.6.27; Eliel at 1Ch.6.34; § Elihu = "He is my God" 1) the younger man who rebuked Job and his three friends 2) an Ephraimite, Samuel's great grandfather 3) a Manassite warrior chief for David 4) son of Shemaiah and Korhite gatekeeper 5) David's brother

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6689

צוּף

tsuph — Zuph

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.1.1; son of: Elkanah (H0511J); father of: Tohu (H8459); also called Zophai at 1Ch.6.26; § Zuph or Zophai = "honeycomb" 1) a Kohathite Levite, ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel 2) a district northwest of Jerusalem where Saul encountered Samuel

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8430

תּוֹחַ

to.ach — Toah

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.1.1; son of: Zuph (H6689); father of: Elihu (H0453); also called Nahath at 1Ch.6.26; Toah at 1Ch.6.34; Another name of to.chu (תֹּחוּ "Tohu" H8459) § Toah = "lowly" son of Zuph, father of Eliel, and ancestor of Samuel and Heman

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Historical dictionary entry

One of Samuel’s ancestors (1 Sam. 1:1).

Scripture references

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

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