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Manahath (son of Shobal)
Excerpt from the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the most advanced Bible dictionary.
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
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