Tool Beta
Fact Book
The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Tirathite (Scribal group in the Old Testament)
Scribes at Jabez, named with the Shimeathites and Suchathites. They were Kenites from Hammath, father of the house of Rechab.
First, in plain English
Scribes at Jabez, named with the Shimeathites and Suchathites. They were Kenites from Hammath, father of the house of Rechab.
Who this is
Tirathites were one of the families of scribes living at Jabez, listed in 1 Chronicles 2:55 alongside the Shimeathites and Suchathites. The passage identifies them as Kenites descended from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab, linking these scribal clans to the same Kenite family that produced Moses' father-in-law Jethro.
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
H8654
Where it appears
- 1 Chronicles 2:55
