Nahath
נַ֫חַתStrong’s H8459nachat (na-chat)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Nachat is the Hebrew word usually translated “tohu”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:”
Meaning
- One of the dukes of Edom, son of Reuel and grandson of Esau
- A Kohathite Levite, son of Zophai and grandson of Elkanah
- An Levite overseer in the time of Hezekiah
How it's translated
- tohu 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
נַ֫חַת nachat · Nahath
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.1.1; son of: Zuph (H6689); father of: Elihu (H0453); also called Nahath at 1Ch.6.26; Toah at 1Ch.6.34; Another name of to.chu (תֹּחוּ "Tohu" H8459) § 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
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.