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Tirhanah

Excerpt from the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the most advanced Bible dictionary.

Son of Caleb’s concubine, Maacah (1 Chr 2:48).

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The Lexham Bible Dictionary

Tirhanah, Son of Caleb

Tirhanah, Son of Caleb (תִּרְחֲנָה‎, tirchanah). Son of Caleb’s concubine, Maacah (1 Chr 2:48).

The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Tirhanah (Person)

TIRHANAH (PERSON) [Heb tirḥănâ (תִּרְחֲנָה)]. A child of Caleb by Maacah, his concubine (1 Chr 2:48). While it is most likely that the child was a son, it cannot actually be determined whether this proper name is masculine or feminine in gender. Noth (IPN, 260) considers it to have been a tribal name.

Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible

Tirhanah

Tirhanah. Hezronite and the second of Caleb’s four sons by Maachah, his concubine (1 Chr 2:48).

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

Tirhanah

Tirhanah tûr-hāʹnə [Heb. tirḥanâ]. A son of Caleb by his concubine Maacah (1 Ch. 2:48).

Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Tirhanah

TIRHANAH Hezronite and the second of Caleb’s four sons by Maacah, his concubine (1 Chr 2:48).

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible

Tirhanah

Tirhanah (Heb. tirḥănâ)A child of Caleb and his concubine Maacah (1 Chr. 2:48), perhaps the name of a clan.

Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

Tirhanah

Tirhanah [tûr hāˊnə] (Heb. tirḥ^anâ). A son of Caleb and his concubine Maacah (1 Chr. 2:48).

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Tirhanah

Tir´hanah (favor), son of Caleb ben-Hezron by his concubine Maachah. 1 Chron. 2:48. [b.c. about 1451.]

The New Unger’s Bible Dictionary

Tirhanah

TIR´HANAH (tirʹha-na; derivation uncertain). The second son of Caleb the Hezronite by his concubine Maacah (1 Chron. 2:48).

Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Tirhanah

TIRHANAH [tur HAY nuh] — a son of Caleb and his concubine Maachah (1 Chr. 2:48).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

TIRHANA

TIRHANA<tur’-ha-na>, <ter-ha’-na> (תִּרַחַנָה‎ [tirchanah]; Codex Vaticanus [Θαράμ, Tharam]; Codex Alexandrinus [Θαρχνά, Tharchna], Lucian [Θαραανά, Tharaana]): A son of Caleb by his concubine, Maacah (1 Ch 2:48).