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Tahan

תַּ֫חַןStrong’s H8465

tachan (ta-chan)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

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

“These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.”
Numbers 26:35 KJV
Meaning
  1. A man of the tribe of Ephraim living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.26.35
  2. A man of the tribe of Ephraim living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.25
How it's translated
  • of tahan 1
  • and tahan 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Numbers 1
  • 1 Chronicles 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

תַּ֫חַן tachan · Tahan

A man of the tribe of Ephraim living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.26.35; son of: Ephraim (H0669); brother of: Shuthelah (H7803), Becher (H1071H), Ezer (H5827), Elead (H0496) and Beriah (H1283H) Also named: ta.cha.ni (תַּחֲנִי "Tahanite" H8470) § Tahan = "camp" an Ephraimite, son of Telah and progenitor of a family of Ephraim

תַּ֫חַן tachan · Tahan

A man of the tribe of Ephraim living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.25; son of: Telah (H8520); father of: Ladan (H3936) § Tahan = "camp" an Ephraimite, son of Telah and progenitor of a family of Ephraim

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.