person
Idbash
יִדְבָּשׁ
Idbash was a descendant of Judah, mentioned in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah in 1 Chronicles.
- verses
- 1
- first named
- 1 Chronicles 4:3
- last named
- 1 Chronicles 4:3
- period
- Egypt and Wilderness
- tribe
- Judah
Description
Who was Idbash?
Idbash is mentioned briefly in 1Ch.4.3 as one of the sons of Etam, a descendant of Judah. He is listed along with his brothers Jezreel and Ishma.
The genealogy in 1Chronicles 4 records the descendants of Judah, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. This chapter provides a detailed account of the families and clans within the tribe of Judah, tracing their lineage from the patriarch Judah himself.
Idbash's mention in this genealogy suggests that he was a significant figure within his family and clan. The inclusion of his name, along with his brothers, indicates that they were recognized as important members of the tribe of Judah.
However, apart from this brief mention, no other details are provided about Idbash's life, accomplishments, or role within the tribe. The genealogical record serves primarily to establish the family lines and to highlight the importance of tribal identity and heritage in ancient Israelite society.
The name Idbash is unique and does not appear elsewhere in the Bible. Its meaning is uncertain, although some scholars suggest it may be related to the Hebrew word for "honey" or "sweetness."
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
The 10 best-attested of 11 are drawn. All 11 are listed below.
Child of
- Hurregistry, no versewhich bearer is the source’s decision
- Etam1 Chronicles 4:3
Sibling of
- Ezerregistry, no verse
- Harephregistry, no verse
- Hazzelelponiregistry1 Chronicles 4:3
- Ishmaregistry, no verse
- Jezreelregistry, no verse
- Penuelregistry, no verse
- Salmaregistry, no verse
- Shobalregistry, no verse
- Uriregistry, no verse
Places
Where this happens
A person is placed by the events they take part in, and an event has to clear three things to place them: it must say where it happened, that place must be one the gazetteer can put a coordinate on, and the verse must report it rather than foretell, command or ask it. Nothing anchored here clears all three. Where the text names a setting no gazetteer surveys — a vineyard, a palace, a plot of ground — it is left off rather than guessed at; where a place is named only in a prophecy, the map does not draw what was said to be coming as though it had happened; and a place reached only through a relation is not inherited, because standing beside somebody is not being somewhere.
No verse Atlas has read as a report puts this person anywhere.
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The pattern
Where Idbash is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
1 verse across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. Named in 1 Chronicles (1).
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — one, across 1 book.
1 Chronicles1 verse
Onward
Where this page goes
Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
Sources