Manahath (son of Shobal)

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Manahath (son of Shobal)

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A descendant of Seir the Horite (Gen 36:23; 1 Chr 1:40).

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The Lexham Bible Dictionary

Manahath, Son of Shobal

Manahath, Son of Shobal (מָנַחַת‎, manachath). A descendant of Seir the Horite (Gen 36:23; 1 Chr 1:40).

The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Manahath (Person)

MANAHATH (PERSON) [Heb mānaḥat (מָנַחַת)]. A son of Shobal and grandson of “Seir, the Horite” (Gen 36:23; 1 Chr 1:40). This genealogy and its literary context suggest that Manahath was an Edomite tribe or clan of the 7th century b.c. See HORITES; SHOBAL. It is possible that elements of this Edomite

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

Manahath

Manahath manʹə-hath [Heb. mānaḥaṯ]. The second son of Shobal and grandson of Seir the Horite (Gen. 36:23; 1 Ch. 1:40); the ancestor of an Edomite clan.

The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia

Manahath

MANAHATH1. One of the sons of Shobal and grandson of Seir the Horite (Gen 36:23; 1 Chr 1:40).2. A place in Judah, mentioned in the Amarna (letters (q.v. as Manhåate, to which certain Benjamites of Geba were carried captive (1 Chr 8:6). It may be that the sons of Salma, of the family of Caleb, of the

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible

Manahath

Manahath (Heb. mānaḥaṯ) (PERSON)A son of Shobal and descendant of the Horite Seir (Gen. 36:23; 1 Chr. 1:40). He is probably the ancestor of an Edomite clan.

Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

Manahath (Person)

MANAHATH [mănˊə hăth] (Heb. mānaḥaṯ “rest, settlement”) (PERSON). A son of Shobal and descendant of the Horite Seir (Gen. 36:23; 1 Chr. 1:40).

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Manahath

Man´ahath (rest), one of the sons of Shobal, and descendant of Sei the Horite. Gen. 36:23; 1 Chron. 1:40.

The New Unger’s Bible Dictionary

Manahath

MAN´AHATH (manʹa-hath; “resting place”). The second of the five sons of Shobal, the son of Seir the Horite (Gen. 36:23; 1 Chron. 1:40).

Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Manahath

MANAHATH [MAN uh hath] (resting place) — the name of a man and a city in the Old Testament:1. A son of Shobal and a grandson of Seir the Horite (Gen. 36:23).2. A city to which certain Benjamite descendants of Geba were forced to move (1 Chr. 8:6).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

MANAHATH

MANAHATH<man’-a-hath> (מָנַחַת‎ [manachath]; [Μαχαναθί, Machanathi]):1. A place to which certain Benjamites, victims, apparently, of intra-tribal jealousy, were carried captive (1 Ch 8:6). Of this town the Manahathites were probably natives. It is possibly denoted by Manocho which Septuagint adds