Hushim

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Hu'shim. (Who Makes Haste).

1. In  Genesis 46:23, "the children of Dan," are said to have been Hushim. The name is plural, as if of a tribe rather than an individual. In  Numbers 26:42, the name is changed to Shuham.

2. A Benjamite,  1 Chronicles 7:12, and here again, apparently the plural nature of the name is recognized, and Hushim are stated to be "the sons of Aher."

3. One of the two wives of Shaharaim.  1 Chronicles 8:8. (B.C. 1450).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

HUSHIM. 1. The eponym of a Danite family (  Genesis 46:23 ); called in   Numbers 26:42 Sam huham . In   1 Chronicles 7:12 Hushim seems to be a Benjamite, but it is possible that for ‘sons of Aher’ we should read ‘sons of another,’ i.e.   Daniel 2:1-49 . The wife of Shaharaim the Benjamite (  1 Chronicles 8:8;   1 Chronicles 8:11 ).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. "Children of Dan" ( Genesis 46:23); a clan, for the word is plural. In  Numbers 26:42 Shuham

2.  1 Chronicles 7:12.

3.  1 Chronicles 8:8;  1 Chronicles 8:11.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Sons of Dan (as if a tribe was alluded to).  Genesis 46:23 . Perhaps the same as SHUHAMin  Numbers 26:42 .

2. Sons of Aher a Benjamite (as if a tribe was alluded to).  1 Chronicles 7:12 .

3. One of the wives of Shaharaim,  1 Chronicles 8:8,11 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Genesis 46:23 2 1 Chronicles 7:12 Genesis 46:23 Numbers 26:42 1 Chronicles 8:8 1 Chronicles 8:11

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Chushimz', חוּשַׁים , or defect. חֻשַׁים in  Genesis 46:23 :  1 Chronicles 7:12, haste; Sept. ᾿Ωσίμ , but Ἀσόμ in  Genesis 46:23, and Ασόβ in  1 Chronicles 7:12), the name of two men and one woman.

1. A son of Dan ( Genesis 46:23); more properly called SHUHAM ( Numbers 26:42). "Hushim figures prominently in the Jewish traditions of the recognition of Joseph, and of Jacob's burial at Hebron. See the quotations from the Midrash in Weil's Bib. Legends, p. 88, note, and the Targum Pseudojon on Genesis 1, 13. In the latter he is the executioner of Esau"

2. A name given as that of "the Sons of Aher" or Aharah, the third son of Benjamin ( 1 Chronicles 7:12; comp. 8:1), and therefore only a plural form for Shuhanz (see the foregoing name, and compare the fact that the following is a fem. appellation) as a representative of his brethren. (See Hupihii), and (See Benjamin). B.C. post. 1856.

3. One of the wives of Shaharaim, of the tribe of Benjamin, in the country of Moab, by whom he had Ahitub and Elpaal ( 1 Chronicles 8:8;  1 Chronicles 8:11). B.C. cir. 1618.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

hū´shim ( חשׁם , חשׁים , חוּשׁים , ḥūsı̄m , "hasters"):

(1) Family name of the children of Dan ( Genesis 46:23 ), but of form "Shuham" in  Numbers 26:42 .

(2) The sons of Aher of the lineage of Benjamin ( 1 Chronicles 7:12 ).

(3) One of the wives of Shaharaim, of the family of Benjamin ( 1 Chronicles 8:8 ,  1 Chronicles 8:11 ).