Midvash

חַטּוּשׁChaṭṭûwsh

Chattush, the name of four or five Israelites

Pronunciation: khat-toosh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2407

Meanings

1. man of Davidic line (1 Chronicles 3:22; Ezra 8:2)

2. a builder at the wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:10)

3. head of priestly house, post-exile (Nehemiah 10:5; Nehemiah 12:2)

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 3:22 The descendants of Shecaniah were Shemaiah and his sons, Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat—six in all.
  • Ezra 8:2 From the family of Phinehas: Gershom. From the family of Ithamar: Daniel. From the family of David: Hattush,
  • Nehemiah 3:10 Next Jedaiah son of Harumaph repaired the wall across from his own house, and next to him was Hattush son of Hashabneiah.
  • Nehemiah 10:4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
  • Nehemiah 12:2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).