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Bohan

בֹּ֫הַןStrong’s H0932

bohan (bo-han)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

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

“And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:”
Joshua 15:6 KJV
Meaning
  1. A Reubenite who set a boundary stone between Judah and Benjamin
  2. (BDB) a mark of division between Judah and Benjamin
How it's translated
  • bohan 2

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

Where it's used most
  • Joshua 2

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary

בֹּ֫הַן bohan · Bohan

A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jos.15.6 § Bohan = "thumb" 1) a Reubenite who set a boundary stone between Judah and Benjamin 2) (BDB) a mark of division between Judah and Benjamin

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.