remaining; searching out diligently
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
ITHRAN.1. Eponym of a Horite clan (Gen_36:26, 1Ch_1:41). 2. An Asherite chief (1Ch_7:37), probably identical with Jether of the following verse.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1. Gen_36:25-26; Gen_36:30.
2. 1Ch_7:30-40; 1Ch_7:37.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Ith'ran. (excellence).
1. A son of Dishon, a Horite, Gen_36:26; 1Ch_1:41, and probably, a phylarch of a tribe of the Horim. Gen_36:30. (B.C. About 1800).
2. A descendant of Asher. 1Ch_7:30-40.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
ith?ran (יתרן, yithrān, ?excellent?):
(1) A descendant of Seir the Horite, son of Dishon (Gen_36:26; 1Ch_1:41).
(2) One of the sons of Zophah of the tribe of Asher (1Ch_7:37).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Ithran
(Heb. Yithran', יַתְרָן, excellent), the name of one or two men.
1. (Sept. Ι᾿δράν, Ι᾿εθράν; Vulg. Jethram, Jethran.) One of the sons of Dishon, and grandson of Seir the Horite (Gen_36:26; 1Ch_1:41). B.C. cir. 1964.
2. (Sept. Ι᾿εθέρ, Vulg. Jethran.) Apparently one of the sons of Zophah, the great-grandson of Asher (1Ch_7:37); probably the same as JETHER in 5. 58. B.C. long post 1856.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.