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HebrewH3189Proper Noun (Masculine)

יַ֫חַת

ya.chat

5Occurrences
H3189Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jachath, the name of four Israelites

from H3161 (יָחַד); unity;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Haroeh (H7204); father of: Ahumai (H0267) and Lahad (H3855) § Jahath = "He will snatch up" 1) son of Reaiah and grandson of Shobal of the tribe of ) a son of Libni and grandson of Gershom and great grandson of ) a Gershonite Levite; the eldest son of Shimei and the grandson of Laadan; founder of the house of Jahath 4) a Levite and son of Shelomoth 5) a Merarite Levite in the reign of Josiah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יַ֫חַת appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
4
2 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 23:10BSB

And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei—four in all.

1 Chronicles 23:11BSB

Jahath was the first and Zizah was the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were counted as one family and received a single assignment.

1 Chronicles 24:22BSB

From the Izharites: Shelomoth;from the sons of Shelomoth: Jahath.

1 Chronicles 4:2BSB

Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.

2 Chronicles 34:12BSB

And the men did the work faithfully. The Levites overseeing them were Jahath and Obadiah, descendants of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, descendants of Kohath. Other Levites, all skilled with musical instruments,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.