Jahath - Definition and Meaning, Bible Dictionary

Dictionaries - Easton's Bible Dictionary - Jahath

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A son of Shimei, and grandson of Gershom ( 1 Chronicles 23:10 ).

One of the sons of Shelomoth, of the family of Kohath ( 1 Chronicles 24:22 ).

A Levite of the family of Merari, one of the overseers of the repairs of the temple under Josiah ( 2 Chronicles 34:12 ).

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M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
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[S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary

Bibliography Information

Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Jahath". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

Dictionaries - Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary - Jahath

Jahath [N] [E] [S]

broken in pieces; descending

Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names. Public Domain. Copy freely.

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Bibliography Information

Hitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Jahath'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names". . New York, N.Y., 1869.

Dictionaries - Smith's Bible Dictionary - Jahath

Jahath [N] [E] [H]

(union ).

Son of Libni, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. ( 1 Chronicles 6:20 ) (B.C. after 1706.)
Head of a later house in the family of Gershom, being the eldest son of Shimei, the son of Laadan. ( 1 Chronicles 23:10 1 Chronicles 23:11 )
A man in the genealogy of Judah, ( 1 Chronicles 4:2 ) son of Reaiah ben-Shobal.
A Levite, son of Shelomoth. ( 1 Chronicles 24:22 )
A Merarite Levite in the reign of Josiah. ( 2 Chronicles 34:12 ) (B.C. 623.)

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names

Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Jahath'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.

Encyclopedias - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jahath

JAHATH

ja'-hath (yachath, perhaps for yachteh, yachatheh, "he (God) will snatch up"):

(1) Son of Reaiah, son of Shobal, a descendant of Judah, and father of Ahumai and Lahad, the families of the Zorathites (1 Chronicles 4:2).

(2) A frequent name for a descendant of Levi:

(a) Son of Libni, son of Gershom, the eldest son of Levi (1 Chronicles 6:20,43 (Hebrew 6:5,28), where "son of Libni" is omitted).

(b) Son of Shimei, son of Gershom (1 Chronicles 23:10).

(c) One of the "sons" of Shelomoth, a descendant of Izhar, son of Kohath, the second son of Levi (1 Chronicles 24:22).

(d) A descendant of Merari, the third son of Levi, and an overseer in the repairing of the temple in the reign of Josiah (2 Chronicles 34:12).

James Crichton

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Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JAHATH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.