Nachath — H5184

Definition

masculine proper noun

Nachath, the name of an Edomite and of two Israelites

1. Nahath = "rest"
2. one of the dukes of Edom, son of Reuel and grandson of Esau
3. a Kohathite Levite, son of Zophai and grandson of Elkanah
4. an Levite overseer in the time of Hezekiah

Usually translated as

Nahath

Origin

the same as H5183; quiet

• Same as Nachath (H5183)

Occurrences

Nachath occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (1)

• Genesis 36:13 — And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath (נַ֥חַת), and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
• Genesis 36:17 — And these are the sons of Reuel Esau’s son; duke Nahath (נַ֙חַת֙), duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
• 1 Chronicles 1:37 — The sons of Reuel; Nahath (נַ֥חַת), Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
• 1 Chronicles 6:26 — As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath (וְנַ֥חַת) his son,
• 2 Chronicles 31:13 — And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath (וְנַ֨חַת), and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.