Hebrew word · H6377

פִּיתוֹן

piton

Pithon

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.8.35;

son of: Micah (H4318H);

brother of: Melech (H4429), Tarea (H8390) and Ahaz (H0271H)

§ Pithon = "harmless"

son of Micah, grandson of Mephibosheth, descendant of Saul

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

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 2

  1. 1 Chronicles 8:35 פִּית֥וֹן Pithon

    The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.

  2. 1 Chronicles 9:41 פִּית֥וֹן Pithon

    The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.

    Here: Micah's first-listed son. He is known only from this verse and 8:35, and the meaning of the name is uncertain.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.