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Tahan

תַּ֫חַן · ta.chan · H8465Gתַּחֲנִי · ta.cha.ni · H8470“beseeching; merciful” Hitchcock's 18691 mention, all in Numbers

Who he was

Tahan is mentioned in Numbers 26:35 as a son of Ephraim and the ancestor of the Tahanites clan. The Tahanites were one of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, descended from Tahan. No other details are provided about Tahan's life or role in the tribe. As a son of Ephraim, he would have been born in Egypt before the Exodus.

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Family

FatherEphraimSiblingsShuthelah, Becher, Ezer, Elead, Beriah
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Every mention

1 reference, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

Numbers 1 mention

Numbers 26:35These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

What the dictionary says

(camp), a descendant of Ephraim.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
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