Every Name in Tanakh

לוֹטָן Lotan

Every verse in which this name stands — 7 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 95×7 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

An Idumaean. The name stands seven times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 36:20 and last at 1 Chronicles 1:39.

Genesis 36:20בראשית לו:כ

אֵלֶּה בְנֵֽי־שֵׂעִיר הַחֹרִי יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ לוֹטָן וְשׁוֹבָל וְצִבְעוֹן וַעֲנָֽה

These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah,

Genesis 36:22בראשית לו:כב

וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵי־לוֹטָן חֹרִי וְהֵימָם וַאֲחוֹת לוֹטָן תִּמְנָֽע

And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.

Genesis 36:22בראשית לו:כב

וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵי־לוֹטָן חֹרִי וְהֵימָם וַאֲחוֹת לוֹטָן תִּמְנָֽע

And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.

Genesis 36:29בראשית לו:כט

אֵלֶּה אַלּוּפֵי הַחֹרִי אַלּוּף לוֹטָן אַלּוּף שׁוֹבָל אַלּוּף צִבְעוֹן אַלּוּף עֲנָֽה

These are the chiefs that came of the Horites: the chief of Lotan, the chief of Shobal, the chief of Zibeon, the chief of Anah,

1 Chronicles 1:38דברי הימים א א:לח

וּבְנֵי שֵׂעִיר לוֹטָן וְשׁוֹבָל וְצִבְעוֹן וַֽעֲנָה וְדִישֹׁן וְאֵצֶר וְדִישָֽׁן

And the sons of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Lotan?

Lotan — לוטן in Hebrew — has a gematria of 95 in the standard method.

How many times is Lotan named in the Tanakh?

7 times, first at Genesis 36:20.

A spelling is not a name. The written word לוטן stands 7 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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