beseeching; merciful
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
TAHAN.An Ephraimite clan (Num_26:35 (39), 1Ch_7:25); gentilic name Tahanites in Num_26:35 (39).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Num_26:35; 1Ch_7:25.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Ta'han. (camp). A descendant of Ephraim. Num_26:35. In 1Ch_7:25, he appears as the son of Telah.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
(Heb. Tach'an, תִּחִן, camp [Gesenius], or graciousness [Furst]), the name of two descendants of Ephraim.
1. (Sept. Τανάχ v.r. Ταναϊv; Vulg. Thehen.) The head of one of the families of the Ephraimites at the end of the Exode (Num_26:35). B.C. ante 1618. SEE TAHANITE.
2. (Sept. Θαέν v.r. Θαάν; Vulg. Thaan.) Son of Telah and father of Laadan in the Palestinian lineage of Ephraim (1Ch_7:25). B.C. post 1618.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.