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Eshton

אֶשְׁתּוֹןStrong’s H0850

eshton (esh-ton)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Eshton is the Hebrew word usually translated “eshton”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.”
1 Chronicles 4:11 KJV
Meaning
  1. A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.4.11
How it's translated
  • eshton 1
  • and eshton 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Chronicles 2

1 book in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

אֶשְׁתּוֹן eshton · Eshton

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.4.11; son of: Mehir (H4243); father of: Beth-rapha (H1051), Paseah (H6454), Tehinnah (H8468) § Eshton = "effeminate" a descendant of Caleb of tribe of Judah

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.