HebrewH8459Proper Noun (Masculine)
תֹּחוּ
to.chu
“Tohu”
1Occurrences
H8459Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Tochu, an Israelite
from an unused root meaning to depress; abasement;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Zuph (H6689); father of: Elihu (H0453); also called Nahath at ; Toah at ; § Tohu = "lowly" Levite, son of Zuph, father of Elihu, and great grandfather of Samuel
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
תֹּחוּ appears 1 time in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
1 Samuel
1
Key Passages
1 Samuel 1:1BSB
Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
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