Gatam

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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]

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

Fausset's Bible Dictionary [2]

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

Morrish Bible Dictionary [3]

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

Holman Bible Dictionary [4]

 Genesis 36:11 Genesis 36:16

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]

(Heb. Gatanm' גִּעְתָּם , according to Gesenius from the Arab. Puny; according to F Ü 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).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]

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

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