Strong H790אֶשְׁבָּן

Eshban

Transliteration: 'eshbân
Pronunciation: esh-bawn'
Morphology: Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

Probably from the same as H7644; vigorous;
{Eshban} an Idumaean: - Eshban.

Meaning of the name

Eshban = "fire of discernment"

Detailed definition

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.26;
son of: Dishon (H1787);
brother of: Hemdan (H2533), Ithran (H3506) and Cheran (H3763)

In the biblical story

Eshban

Son of Dishon, a Horite chief in Seir.

Eshban was a son of Dishon and a Horite chief who lived in the land of Seir.

In the Bible

Strong H790 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

eshban2

First verses

Genesis 36:26
And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
1 Chronicles 1:41
The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.