Bilhan

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Akin in etymology to Bilhah ( Genesis 36:27; 1 Chronicles 1:42).

2. 1 Chronicles 7:10. Sprung from Benjamin's son Bela; for Ehud, Bilhan's son, was sprung from Bela ( 1 Chronicles 8:3; 1 Chronicles 8:6).

Holman Bible Dictionary

Genesis 36:27 2 1 Chronicles 7:10

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

BILHAN . 1 . A Horite chief, the son of Ezer ( Genesis 36:27 = 1 Chronicles 1:42 ). 2 . A descendant of Benjamin, son of Jediael, and father of seven sons who were heads of houses in their tribe ( 1 Chronicles 7:10 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Ezer, the Horite. Genesis 36:27; 1 Chronicles 1:42 .

2. Son of Jediael, a Benjamite. 1 Chronicles 7:10 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Bil'han. (modest).

1. A Horite chief, dwelling in Mount Seir. Genesis 36:27; 1 Chronicles 1:42.

2. A Benjamite, son of Jediael. 1 Chronicles 7:10.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

bil´han ( בּלהן , bilhān  ; Βαλαάν , Balaán ) :

(1) A H orite chief, son of Ezer ( Genesis 36:27; 1 Chronicles 1:42 ).

(2) A descendant of Benjamin, son of Jediael, father of seven sons who were heads of houses in their tribes ( 1 Chronicles 7:10 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Bilhan', בַּלְהָן; Sept. Βαλαάμ, Βαλαάν ; Balaan, Balan; the same root [ בָּלָה, to fail] as Bilhah, Genesis 30:3, etc. The final ן is evidently a Horite termination, as in Zaavan, Akan, Dishan, Aran, Lotan, Alvan, Hemdan, Eshban, etc., but is also found in Heb. names).

1. A Horite chief, son of Ezer, son of Seir, dwelling in Mount Seir, in the land of Edom ( Genesis 36:27; 1 Chronicles i, 42). B.C. cir. 1963.

2. A Benjamite, son of Jediael, and father of seven sons ( 1 Chronicles 7:10). B.C. ante 1658. It does not appear clearly from which of the sons of Benjamin Jediael was descended, as he is not mentioned in Genesis 46:21, or Numbera 26. But as he was the father of Ehud ( 1 Chronicles 7:10), and Ehud seems, from 1 Chronicles 8:3; 1 Chronicles 8:6, to have been a son of Bela, Jediael, and consequently Bilhan, were probably Belaites. The occurrence of Bilhan as well as Bela in the tribe of Benjamin-names both imported from Edom-is remarkable. (See Benjamin).