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Toah

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(bent). A Levite ancestor of Samuel (1 Chron. 6:34³⁴The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, (1 Chronicles 6:34)). Tohu (1 Sam. 1:1¹Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: (1 Samuel 1:1)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Son of Zuph, or Zophai, a Kohathite (1 Chron. 6:34³⁴The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, (1 Chronicles 6:34)). Perhaps the same person is called NAHATH in 1 Chronicles 6:26²⁶As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, (1 Chronicles 6:26); and TOHU in 1 Samuel 1:1¹Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: (1 Samuel 1:1).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

8430 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Towach

Phonic:

to’-akh

Meaning:

from an unused root meaning to depress; humble; Toach, an Israelite

KJV Usage:

Toah

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

sinking: depressing

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Declension; prostration; humble; inclination:―a Kohathite Levite [TOHU and NAHATH], 1 Chron. 6:34. {Inclinatio}