man of haste, or of silence
(same as Hushathite)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
HUSHIM.1. The eponym of a Danite family (Gen_46:23); called in Num_26:42 Samhuham. In 1Ch_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. Dan_2:1-49. The wife of Shaharaim the Benjamite (1Ch_8:8; 1Ch_8:11).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1. "Children of Dan" (Gen_46:23); a clan, for the word is plural. In Num_26:42 SHUHAM.
2. 1Ch_7:12.
3. 1Ch_8:8; 1Ch_8:11.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Hu'shim. (who makes haste).
1. In Gen_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 Num_26:42, the name is changed to Shuham.
2. A Benjamite, 1Ch_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. 1Ch_8:8. (B.C. 1450).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
hū?shim (חשׁם, חשׁים, חוּשׁים, ḥūsı̄m, ?hasters?):
(1) Family name of the children of Dan (Gen_46:23), but of form ?Shuham? in Num_26:42.
(2) The sons of Aher of the lineage of Benjamin (1Ch_7:12).
(3) One of the wives of Shaharaim, of the family of Benjamin (1Ch_8:8, 1Ch_8:11).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Hushim
(Heb. Chushimz', חוּשַׁים, or defect. חֻשַׁיםin Gen_46:23 : 1Ch_7:12, haste; Sept. ᾿Ωσίμ, but Α᾿σόμ in Gen_46:23, and Ασόβ in 1Ch_7:12), the name of two men and one woman.
1. A son of Dan (Gen_46:23); more properly called SHUHAM (Num_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 (1Ch_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 (1Ch_8:8; 1Ch_8:11). B.C. cir. 1618.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.