rest; a leader
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
NAHATH.1. A duke of Edom (Gen_36:13, 1Ch_1:37) 2. A Kohathite Levite (1Ch_6:26, called in 1Ch_6:34 Toah and in 1Sa_1:1 Tohu). 3. A Levite in the time of Heze kiah (2Ch_31:13).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1. Gen_36:13; 1Ch_1:37.
2. 1Ch_6:26.
3. 2Ch_31:13.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Na'hath. (rest).
1. One of the "dukes" of Edom, eldest son of Reuel, the son of Esau. Gen_36:13; Gen_36:17; 1Ch_1:37. (B.C. 1700).
2. A Kohathite Levite, son of Zophai. 1Ch_6:26.
3. A Levite, in the reign of Hezekiah. 2Ch_31:13. (B.C. 725).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
nā?hath (נחת, naḥath):
(1) A grandson of Esau Gen_36:13; 1Ch_1:37.
(2) A descendant of Levi and ancestor of Samuel 1Ch_6:26; also called ?Toah? 1Ch_6:34 and ?Tohu? 1Sa_11:1-15.
(3) A Levite who, in the time of Hezekiah, assisted in the oversight of ?the oblations and the tithes and the dedicated things? 2Ch_31:13.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Nahath
(Hebo Nach'ath, נִחִת, rest. as often), the name of three men.
1. (Sept. Ναχόθ, Gen_36:13; Ναχώθ. ib. Gen_36:17; Ναχέθ, 1Ch_1:37.) The first named of the four sons of Reuel, the son of Esau, and a prince (A.V. "duke") among the Edomites (Gen_36:13; Gen_36:17). B.C. cir. 1890.
2. (Sept. Καινάθ v.r. Κνάθ, Ναάθ) A Kohathite Levite, son of Zophai or Zuph, and ancestor of Samuel the prophet (1Ch_6:26). B.C. cir. 1280. He is the same with TOAH (1Ch_6:34) and TOHU (1Sa_1:1).
3. (Sept. Ναέθ.) A Levite, appointed by Hezekiah one of the overseers of sacred offerings in the Temple under Cononiah and Shimei (2Ch_31:13). B.C. cir. 725.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.