Hebrew word · H2533

חֶמְדָּן

chemdan

Hemdan

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.26;

son of: Dishon (H1787);

brother of: Eshban (H0790), Ithran (H3506) and Cheran (H3763)

Also named: cham.ran (חַמְרָן "Hemdan" H2566)

§ Hemdan = "desire"

the eldest son of Dishon, son of Anah the Horite

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

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Where it appears

Genesis · 1

  1. Genesis 36:26 חֶמְדָּ֥ן Hemdan

    These are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.

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