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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Eshton</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/e/eshton.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/1_chronicles/4-11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/e/eshton.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Eshton</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/e/eshterah.htm" title="Eshterah">◄</a> Eshton <a href="/topical/naves/e/eshton--son_of_mehir.htm" title="Eshton: Son of Mehir">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#smi" title="Smith's Bible Dictionary">Smith's</a> • <a href="#isb" title="International Standard Bible Encyclopedia">ISBE</a> • <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> • <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> • <a href="#heb" title="Strong's Hebrew Concordance">Hebrew</a> • <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> • <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>Eshton is a biblical figure mentioned in the genealogical records of the tribe of Judah. His name appears in the Old Testament, specifically in the First Book of Chronicles. The name "Eshton" is derived from the Hebrew root meaning "effort" or "labor," which may reflect characteristics or the life circumstances of the individual or his descendants.<br><br><b>Biblical Reference:</b><br><br>Eshton is mentioned in <a href="/1_chronicles/4-11.htm">1 Chronicles 4:11-12</a>, which states: "Chelub the brother of Shuhah was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. Eshton was the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir Nahash. These were the men of Recah." <br><br><b>Genealogical Context:</b><br><br>Eshton is part of the genealogical listings that trace the lineage of the tribe of Judah. These records are significant as they establish the heritage and tribal affiliations of the Israelites, which were crucial for maintaining the identity and inheritance rights within the nation of Israel. The genealogies in 1 Chronicles serve to connect the post-exilic community to their ancestral roots, emphasizing continuity and divine promise.<br><br><b>Tribal Significance:</b><br><br>As a descendant of Judah, Eshton is part of the tribe that held a prominent position among the tribes of Israel. Judah was the tribe from which King David and, ultimately, Jesus Christ descended, according to biblical prophecy and the genealogies presented in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. The tribe of Judah was known for its leadership and military prowess, and it played a central role in the history of Israel.<br><br><b>Descendants and Legacy:</b><br><br>Eshton is noted as the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah. The mention of his descendants suggests that Eshton was a progenitor of families or clans within the tribe of Judah. The reference to "Ir Nahash" as a place associated with Tehinnah indicates that Eshton's lineage may have had territorial or administrative significance. The "men of Recah" mentioned in the passage could refer to a group or settlement linked to Eshton's family, highlighting their role within the broader community of Judah.<br><br><b>Cultural and Historical Insights:</b><br><br>The genealogical records in Chronicles, including the mention of Eshton, provide valuable insights into the social and familial structures of ancient Israel. They reflect the importance of lineage and heritage in maintaining tribal identity and fulfilling God's covenant promises to His people. These records also underscore the interconnectedness of the tribes and families within the nation, illustrating how each individual's legacy contributed to the collective history of Israel.<br><br>In summary, Eshton is a relatively obscure figure whose mention in the genealogies of 1 Chronicles underscores the importance of family lineage and tribal affiliation in the biblical narrative. His inclusion in the sacred text serves as a testament to the enduring significance of heritage and divine promise in the history of God's chosen people.<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Eshton</span><p>(<i>effeminate</i>), a name which occurs in the genealogies of Judah. (<a href="/1_chronicles/4-11.htm">1 Chronicles 4:11,12</a>)<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">ESHTON</span><p>esh'-ton ('eshton, "uxorious"):<br><br>A name found in the genealogical table of Judah (<a href="/1_chronicles/4-12.htm">1 Chronicles 4:12</a>).<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/850.htm"><span class="l">850. <b>Eshton</b> -- an Israelite</span></a><br><b>...</b> 849, 850. <b>Eshton</b>. 851 . an Israelite. Transliteration: <b>Eshton</b> Phonetic Spelling:<br> (esh-tone') Short Definition: <b>Eshton</b>. <b>...</b> NASB Word Usage <b>Eshton</b> (2). <b>Eshton</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/850.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6250.htm"><span class="l">6250. eshtonah -- thought</span></a><br>eshtonah or <b>eshton</b>. 6249, 6250. eshtonah or <b>eshton</b>. 6251 . thought.<br> Transliteration: eshtonah or <b>eshton</b> Phonetic Spelling: (esh <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6250.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/e/eshton.htm"><span class="l"><b>Eshton</b> (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>ESHTON</b>. esh'-ton ('<b>eshton</b>, "uxorious"): A name found in the genealogical table of<br> Judah (1 Chronicles 4:12). Multi-Version Concordance <b>Eshton</b> (2 Occurrences). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/eshton.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/paseah.htm"><span class="l">Paseah (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia PASEAH. pa-se'-a, pas'-ea (paceach "limping"):<br> (1) A son of <b>Eshton</b>, descendant of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:12). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/paseah.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/begot.htm"><span class="l">Begot (119 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> of Harum. (DBY JPS). 1 Chronicles 4:11 And Chelub the brother of Shuah begot<br> Mehir, who was the father of <b>Eshton</b>. (DBY JPS). 1 Chronicles <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/begot.htm - 30k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/begat.htm"><span class="l">Begat (112 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (KJV ASV WBS YLT). 1 Chronicles 4:11 And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat<br> Mehir, which was the father of <b>Eshton</b>. (KJV ASV WBS YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/begat.htm - 31k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/ir-nahash.htm"><span class="l">Ir-nahash (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Ir-nahash (1 Occurrence). 1 Chronicles 4:12 And <b>Eshton</b> begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah,<br> and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/ir-nahash.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/ir.htm"><span class="l">Ir (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Chronicles 4:12 <b>Eshton</b> became the father of Beth Rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah<br> the father of Ir Nahash. These are the men of Recah. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/ir.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/irna'hash.htm"><span class="l">Irna'hash (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance Irna'hash (1 Occurrence). 1 Chronicles 4:12 <b>Eshton</b> became<br> the father of Beth Rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir Nahash. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/irna'hash.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/irnahash.htm"><span class="l">Irnahash (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Irnahash (1 Occurrence). 1 Chronicles 4:12 And <b>Eshton</b> begat Bethrapha, and Paseah,<br> and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah. (KJV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/irnahash.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/tehin'nah.htm"><span class="l">Tehin'nah (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Tehin'nah (1 Occurrence). 1 Chronicles 4:12 And <b>Eshton</b> begot Beth-rapha, and Paseah,<br> and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah. (See RSV) <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/tehin'nah.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/tehinnah.htm"><span class="l">Tehinnah (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Tehinnah (1 Occurrence). 1 Chronicles 4:12 <b>Eshton</b> became the father of Beth Rapha,<br> and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir Nahash. These are the men of Recah. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/tehinnah.htm - 7k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Eshton (2 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-11.htm">1 Chronicles 4:11</a></span><br />Chelub the brother of Shuhah became the father of Mehir, who was the father of <span class="boldtext">Eshton</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-12.htm">1 Chronicles 4:12</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Eshton</span> became the father of Beth Rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir Nahash. These are the men of Recah.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/e/eshton.htm">Eshton</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/e/eshton--son_of_mehir.htm">Eshton: Son of Mehir</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/paseah.htm">Paseah (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/begot.htm">Begot (119 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/begat.htm">Begat (112 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/ir-nahash.htm">Ir-nahash (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/ir.htm">Ir (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/irna'hash.htm">Irna'hash (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/irnahash.htm">Irnahash (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/tehin'nah.htm">Tehin'nah (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/tehinnah.htm">Tehinnah (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/recah.htm">Recah (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/rechah.htm">Rechah (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/rapha.htm">Rapha (10 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/eshterah.htm">Eshterah (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/esli.htm">Esli (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/mehir.htm">Mehir (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/pase'ah.htm">Pase'ah (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/phaseah.htm">Phaseah (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/beth-rapha.htm">Beth-rapha (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/bethrapha.htm">Bethrapha (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/bethra'pha.htm">Bethra'pha (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/chelub.htm">Chelub (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/shuah.htm">Shuah (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/shuhah's.htm">Shuhah's (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/shuhah.htm">Shuhah (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/n/nahash.htm">Nahash (9 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/beth.htm">Beth (115 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/e/eshterah.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Eshterah"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Eshterah" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/naves/e/eshton--son_of_mehir.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Eshton: Son of Mehir"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Eshton: Son of Mehir" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>