STRONGS NUMBER H8465


Word Summary
Tachan: an Ephraimite
Original Word: תַּחַן
Transliteration: Tachan
Phonetic Spelling: (takh'-an)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: an Ephraimite
Meaning: Tahan -- an Ephraimite
Strong's Concordance
night hawk

From chamac; a species of unclean bird (from its violence), perhaps an owl -- night hawk.

see HEBREW chamac

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H8465. Tachan

תַּ֫חַןproper name, masculine (perhaps abbreviated from תַּחֲנֶה‎) — an Ephraimite Numbers 26:35 ᵐ5Ταναχ, 1 Chronicles 7:25 ᵐ5Θαεν, ᵐ5L Θααν.