Gatam

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Genesis 36:11; Genesis 36:16; 1 Chronicles 1:36.

Holman Bible Dictionary

Genesis 36:11Genesis 36:16

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

GATAM . The son of Eliphaz ( Genesis 36:11 = 1 Chronicles 1:36 ), and ‘duke’ of an Edomite clan ( Genesis 36:16 ) which has not been identified.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Son of Eliphaz, and duke of Edom. Genesis 36:11,16; 1 Chronicles 1:36 .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

gā´tam ( גּעתּם , ga‛tām ): An Edomite chief, grandson of Esau ( Genesis 36:11 , Genesis 36:16; 1 Chronicles 1:36 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Gatanm'גִּעְתָּם, according to Gesenius from the Arab. puny; according to Fü rst from גִּיאּעֲתָם, a burnt valley; Sept. Γοθώμ and Γοθάμ v.r. Γοωθάμ; Vulg. Gotham and Gothan), the fourth named of the sons of Eliphaz, the son of Esau, and founder of a corresponding Edomitish tribe (Genesis 36:11; Genesis 36:16; 1 Chronicles 1:36). B.C. post 1927. Knobel (Genesis ad loc.) compares Jodam, an Arab tribe inhabiting the Hisma, a part of Matthew Sherah, the ע having dropped from the name (Gesenius, Thes. page 976); while Rodiger (ib. Append. page 80) refers to the Arab tribe Jethamah, mentioned by Ibn-Duraid (1854, page 300). (See Idumea).