Every Name in Tanakh

בִּלְהָן Bilhan

Every verse in which this name stands — 4 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 87×4 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for an Edomite and of an Israelite. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 36:27 and last at 1 Chronicles 7:10.

Genesis 36:27בראשית לו:כז

אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי־אֵצֶר בִּלְהָן וְזַעֲוָן וַעֲקָֽן

These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan and Akan.

1 Chronicles 1:42דברי הימים א א:מב

בְּֽנֵי־אֵצֶר בִּלְהָן וְזַעֲוָן יַעֲקָן בְּנֵי דִישׁוֹן עוּץ וַאֲרָֽן

The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, and Aran.

1 Chronicles 7:10דברי הימים א ז:י

וּבְנֵי יְדִיעֲאֵל בִּלְהָן וּבְנֵי בִלְהָן יעיש וּבִנְיָמִן וְאֵהוּד וּֽכְנַעֲנָה וְזֵיתָן וְתַרְשִׁישׁ וַאֲחִישָֽׁחַר

And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan; and the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

1 Chronicles 7:10דברי הימים א ז:י

וּבְנֵי יְדִיעֲאֵל בִּלְהָן וּבְנֵי בִלְהָן יעיש וּבִנְיָמִן וְאֵהוּד וּֽכְנַעֲנָה וְזֵיתָן וְתַרְשִׁישׁ וַאֲחִישָֽׁחַר

And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan; and the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Bilhan?

Bilhan — בלהן in Hebrew — has a gematria of 87 in the standard method.

How many times is Bilhan named in the Tanakh?

4 times, first at Genesis 36:27.

A spelling is not a name. The written word בלהן stands 4 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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