Hebrew word · H5184

נַ֫חַת

nachat

Nahath

Appears 5 times in 5 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.13;

son of: Reuel (H7467);

brother of: Zerah (H2226), Shammah (H8048) and Mizzah (H4199)

§ Nahath = "rest"

1) one of the dukes of Edom, son of Reuel and grandson of Esau

2) a Kohathite Levite, son of Zophai and grandson of Elkanah

3) an Levite overseer in the time of Hezekiah

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 · 2

  1. Genesis 36:13 נַ֥חַת Nahath

    These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.

  2. Genesis 36:17 נַ֙חַת֙ Nahath

    These are the sons of Esau’s son Reuel: Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.

1 Chronicles · 2

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:37 נַ֥חַת Nahath

    The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

  2. 1 Chronicles 6:26 וְנַ֥חַת and Nahath

    Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son,

2 Chronicles · 1

  1. 2 Chronicles 31:13 וְנַ֨חַת and Nahath

    Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by appointment of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the chief official of the house of God.

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