This list contains tribes or other groups of people named in the

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of minor notability, about whom either nothing or very little is known, aside from any family connections.

A

Accaba, descendants of

For the descendants of "Accaba" (1 Esdras 5:30, Revised Version), see the entry for Hagab.

Agaba, descendants of

For the "Agaba" of 1 Esdras 5:30, see Hagab.

Ahumai

Ahumai, according to 1 Chronicles 4:2, was the name of a clan within the

Tribe of Judah According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah (, ''Shevet Yehudah'') was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, named after Judah, the son of Jacob. Judah was the first tribe to take its place in the Land of Israel, occupying the southern ...

. The name "Ahuman" appears only in this verse of the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
'' Septuagint The Greek Old Testament, or Septuagint (, ; from the la, septuaginta, lit=seventy; often abbreviated ''70''; in Roman numerals, LXX), is the earliest extant Greek translation of books from the Hebrew Bible. It includes several books beyond ...

read ''Acheimei,'' ''Achimai'' or ''Achiman.'' The ''Encyclopaedia Biblica'' raises the possibility that the correct reading is "Ahiman" rather than "Ahumai."

Apharsachites

A company of the colonists whom the Assyrian king planted in Samaria ().

Apharsathchites

Apharsathchites, according to

Ezra Ezra (; he, עֶזְרָא, '; fl. 480–440 BCE), also called Ezra the Scribe (, ') and Ezra the Priest in the Book of Ezra, was a Jewish scribe ('' sofer'') and priest (''kohen''). In Greco-Latin Ezra is called Esdras ( grc-gre, Ἔσδρα ...

4:9, were among the groups of people who wrote a letter to the Persian emperor in opposition to the rebuilding of Jerusalem. The exact spelling "Apharsathchites" occurs only in Ezra 4:9. However, an alternate form of the same name, "Apharsachites," appears in Ezra 5:6 and 6:6. According to the ''Encyclopaedia Biblica'', the term seems to be "the title of certain officers under Darius," and it is "misunderstood" as referring to a tribe of people.

Apharsites

Another of the tribes removed to Samaria, or perhaps the same as the Apharsachites ().

Arkites

:''See also

Canaan (son of Ham) Canaan ( – ''Kənáʿan'', in pausa – ''Kənā́ʿan''), according to the ''Book of Genesis'' in the Hebrew Bible, was a son of Ham and grandson of Noah, as well as the father of the Canaanites. Etymology The English term ''Canaan'' ...

'' Arkites, also Archites were descendants of

Canaan Canaan (; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 – ; he, כְּנַעַן – , in pausa – ; grc-bib, Χανααν – ;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus T ...

, according to Genesis 10:17 and 1 Chronicles 1:15, and were also inhabitants of the land of

, according to Joshua 16:2. David's friend

Hushai Hushai (hus'-sha-i) or Chusai was a friend of David and a spy according to the Hebrew Bible. During Absalom's rebellion, as described in the Second Book of Samuel, he agrees to act as an advisor to Absalom to sabotage his plans while secretly sendi ...

was an Arkite ( 2 Samuel 15:32). The Arkites inhabited

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, a city in the north of what is now

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Arvadites

:''See also

'' Arvadites were descendants of

, according to Genesis 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 1:16. They inhabited Arvad/Arwad, an island city that is now part of Syria.

Asshurites

The Asshurites (also called Ashurites or Asshurim) are a group of people who, according to Genesis 25:3, descended from Dedad, the son of Jokshan, the son of

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. Their exact historical identity is unknown, but the name may refer to an Assyrian or Egyptian tribe, or it may be a generic term for peasants.

C

Chemarims

In the

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of the Bible, people known as "Chemarims" (Hebrew ''kemarim'') are mentioned in Zephaniah 1:4 as people to be punished by God for their associations with idolatry. In most later translations the noun is treated as a common noun meaning "idolatrous priests" or something similar. The underlying Hebrew term also appears in 2 Kings 23:5 and Hosea 10:5, and its precise meaning is not known.

Cheran

Cheran is the name given to a Horite clan in Genesis 36:28 and 1 Chronicles 1:41. While the passage containing "Cheran" is written as though it were a genealogy of individuals, it expresses the relationship between various Horite clans as they understood by the writer of Genesis.

D

Darkon, descendants of

In Ezra 2:56 and Nehemiah 7:58, which both reproduce versions of the same list, the ''bene darkon'' ("sons" i.e. "descendants" of Darkon) appear as one of the groups of the "descendants of Solomon's servants" said to have returned from the Babylonian captivity to Jerusalem and Judah.

Dishon

Dishon is a Horite clan name that appears in the

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'' Dishon is described two times as the fifth son of Seir, but one time he is described as the son of Anah, who is in turn the son of Seir.

E

Eleadah

Eleadah, Elead, or Eladah is the name of a clan in the tribe of Ephraim, personified as an individual in 1 Chronicles 7:20. The individual who appears in 7:20 is called "Eladah" or "Eleadah" depending on how one translates the Hebrew name, while an "Elead" appears in verse 21. This "Elead" may possibly be a repetition of the same name. It is still uncertain exactly how the Chronicler intended for the names in verses 20 and 21 to relate to one another.

Elkoshites

The term Elkoshite appears only in Nahum 1:1, where the prophet is called "Nahum the Elkoshite." It would seem to come from the name of a town named "Elkosh," but no such town has been positively identified.

Elmadam

Elmadam or Elmodam is the name of a figure in the genealogy of Jesus according to Luke. Where the Greek has ''Elmadam,'' the

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has Elmodad. The ''Encyclopaedia Biblica'' (1899) suggests that the original Semitic name is Elmatham, a form of the name Elnathan.

Eshban

Eshban is a name found in a genealogy in Genesis and Chronicles. In both genealogies, Eshban is identified as the son of Dishon, the son of Anah, the son of Zibeon, the son of Seir the Horite. The name refers to a Horite clan.

G

Gammadim

Gammadim (

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Gammadims) are a group or class of people mentioned only in Ezekiel 27:11, in a passage which lists them, along with various other groups of people, as defenders of Tyre. Some Hebrew manuscripts spell the name as ''Gammarim,'' while the Septuagint and other ancient Greek versions interpret it in a wide variety of ways. Some interpreters have taken it to refer to

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. The Gammadim are listed alongside Arvadites in Ezekiel, just as the Zemarites (Hebrew ''Tsemarim'') are listed alongside Avadites in Genesis 10:18. Because of this parallel between Zemarites and Gammadim, as well as the similarities in appearance of the two words as written in the consonantal Hebrew text,

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believed that the current text of Ezekiel only has "Gammadims" as a result of a scribal error, and that Ezekiel 27:11 originally read "Zemarites."

Garmites

Garmite (Hebrew, ''garmi'') is a term that appears in passing only once in the

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of the

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'' Tribe of Judah According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah (, ''Shevet Yehudah'') was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, named after Judah, the son of Jacob. Judah was the first tribe to take its place in the Land of Israel, occupying the southern ...

referred to as "Keilah the Garmite". Where the Hebrew reads "the ''garmi''", various manuscripts of the Greek

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read "''atamei''", "the ''tarmi''", or "the ''garmei''".

wrote that the name "Keilah the Garmite" may have been a mistaken form of the originally intended "Keilah the Calebite."

Gatam

For the

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ite clan name "Gatam," see Gatam.

Gazzam

Gazzam is the family name of a group of

Nethinim Nethinim ( ''nəṯīnīm'', lit. "given ones", or "subjects"), or Nathinites or Nathineans, was the name given to the Temple assistants in ancient Jerusalem. The term was applied originally in the Book of Joshua (where it is found in its verbal fo ...

in Ezra 2:48 and Nehemiah 7:51. Both instances are in copies of a list which claims to contain the family names of people who returned from the Babylonian captivity to

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Girgashites Girgashites (Heb. גִּרְגָּשִׁי) are one of the tribes who had invaded the land of Canaan as mentioned in Gen. 15:21; Deut. 7:1; Josh. 3:10; Neh. 9:8. The Girgashites are also known as the fifth ethnic group that descended from Canaan (G ...

Girgashites, or Girgasites, were descendants of

, according to Genesis 10:16 and 1 Chronicles 1:14, and they also were inhabitants of the land of

, according to Genesis 15:21, Deuteronomy 7:1, Joshua 3:10, 24:11, and Nehemiah 9:8. At times, they are not listed along with the other Canaanite tribes inhabiting the Holy Land; according to some, such as

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, this is because they left the Land of Israel before the Israelites returned from Egypt.

Gibbar

''For the "sons of Gibbar" see Gibbar''.

Ginnath

''For the possible biblical clan-name Ginnath, see Ginath.''

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Haahashtari

See Haahashtari

Habaiah, descendants of

For the priestly family in Ezra 2, see Habaiah.

Hagab, descendants of

The descendants of Hagab, whose name means "grasshopper," are listed among the families of

, or temple assistants, who returned to Jerusalem from the Babylonian captivity in Ezra 2:46 and the parallel verse, Nehemiah 7:48.Cheyne and Black (1899), ''Encyclopaedia Biblica,'' entry fo
"Hagab."
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manuscripts of

and

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record the name as ''Agab'' or ''Gaba.'' The name also appears in 1 Esdras 5:30, where the Revised Standard Version reads "Hagab" while the

has "Agaba" and the Revised Version "Accaba." The Book of Acts has a prophet who shared a form of the same name:

Agabus Agabus ( el, Ἄγαβος) was an early follower of Christianity mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as a prophet. He is traditionally remembered as one of the Seventy Disciples described in Luke . Biblical and traditional accounts Acco ...

Hagabah, descendants of

See Hagabah.

Hakupha, descendants of

The family Hakupha (also Acipha or Achipha) is listed as a sub-group of the

in Ezra 2:51, Nehemiah 7:53, and 1 Esdras 5:31. In manuscripts of the Greek

the name appears in the forms Apheika, Akoupha, Akeipha, and Acheiba. The name might mean "crooked."

Hamathites

:''See also

'' Hamathites were descendants of

, according to Genesis 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 1:16. They inhabited the Kingdom of Hamath, located in what is now western Syria and northern

Harhur

Harhur is recorded in Ezra 2:51 and Nehemiah 7:53 as the collective name of a group of

who returned to Judah after the Babylonian captivity. The phrase used to describe this group is ''b'nei harhur,'' literally "sons of Harhur," which can be interpreted either as "descendants of person namedHarhur" or "people from place namedHarhur."

Haruphites

Haruphite is a term applied to "Shephatiah the Haruphite" in 1 Chronicles 12:6 (or verse 5) in some Bibles. The form "Haruphite" is used in the

Qere Qere and Ketiv, from the Aramaic ''qere'' or ''q're'', ("hat isread") and ''ketiv'', or ''ketib'', ''kethib'', ''kethibh'', ''kethiv'', ("hat iswritten"), also known as "q're uchsiv" or "q're uchtiv," refers to a system for marking differences b ...

, or the form of the text as traditionally read out loud in synagogues. The

Ketiv Qere and Ketiv, from the Aramaic ''qere'' or ''q're'', (" hat isread") and ''ketiv'', or ''ketib'', ''kethib'', ''kethibh'', ''kethiv'', (" hat iswritten"), also known as "q're uchsiv" or "q're uchtiv," refers to a system for marking differences ...

, the form of the text written in the main body of the

but not traditionally read aloud in synagogues, calls Sephatiah a "Hariphite." The term "Hariphite" or "Haruphite" may refer to the same group of people called by the family name Hariph.

Hashum

Hashum is the name of a family or clan listed in Ezra 2:19 as returnees to Jerusalem from the Babylonian captivity. The

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records that 233 members of this group returned to Jerusalem. The original pronunciation of the name is uncertain: it may have once been ''Hashim.''

Hatita

Hatita is the name given to a family or clan of porters in

Ezra–Nehemiah Ezra–Nehemiah ( he, עזרא נחמיה , ) is a book in the Hebrew Bible found in the Ketuvim section, originally with the Hebrew title of Ezra ( he, עזרא, links=no, ). The book covers the period from the fall of Babylon in 539 BCE t ...

's list of people who returned to

after the Babylonian captivity.

Hattil, descendants of

See Hattil.

Hepherites

''For information about the Hepherites mentioned in Numbers 26:32, see Hepher.''

Horonites

In the Book of Nehemiah, one of

's enemies is called

Sanballat the Horonite Sanballat the Horonite ( he, סַנְבַלַּט ''Sanḇallaṭ'') – or Sanballat I – was a Samaritan leader and official of the Persian Achaemenid Empire who lived in the mid to late 5th century BC and was a contemporary of Nehemiah. Etym ...

. Scholars have disagreed as to whether this identifies Sanballat as hailing from Beth-horon (in

Samaria Samaria (; he, שֹׁמְרוֹן, translit=Šōmrōn, ar, السامرة, translit=as-Sāmirah) is the historic and biblical name used for the central region of Palestine, bordered by Judea to the south and Galilee to the north. The first ...

) or from Horonaim (in Moab).

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Ishbah

Ishbah is the name of a clan mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:17, to which the people of Eshtemoa belonged. The passage describes relationships between clans and regions in terms of genealogical relationships, personifying them as if individual persons. "Ishbah" is not described as having a named "mother" or "father" in the Hebrew

, but the Greek

Ishbah is described as the "son" of Jether.

Ishvites

''See Ishvi''.

Ithran

''For the Horite clan named Ithran, see Ithran.''

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Jahmai

Jahmai is the name of a clan in the

Tribe of Issachar According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Issachar () was one of the twelve tribes of Israel and one of the ten lost tribes. In Jewish tradition, the descendants of Issachar were seen as being dominated by religious scholars and influential in ...

, mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 7:2.

Jakim

Jakim is a Priestly division mentioned in 1 Chronicles 24:12. According to 1 Chronicles 24, in the time of

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a systematic plan was created, in which priests were divided into twenty-four courses, which were responsible on a rotating basis for carrying out duties related to the temple at Jerusalem. Jakim is listed as the twelfth of the priestly courses.

Janai

''For the clan referred to as Janai or Jaanai, see

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.''

Japhlet

Japhlet is the name given to a clan in the

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. The Japhlet of Asher should not be confused with the "Japhletites" referred to in Joshua 16:3.

Japhletites

The Japhletites were a community referred to in located at the western point of the boundary of the land allocated to the

tribe of Ephraim According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Ephraim ( he, אֶפְרַיִם, ''ʾEp̄rayīm,'' in pausa: אֶפְרָיִם, ''ʾEp̄rāyīm'') was one of the tribes of Israel. The Tribe of Manasseh together with Ephraim formed the '' House ...

in the lots drawn by

Joshua Joshua () or Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' lit. 'Yahweh is salvation') ''Yēšūaʿ''; syr, ܝܫܘܥ ܒܪ ܢܘܢ ''Yəšūʿ bar Nōn''; el, Ἰησοῦς, ar , يُوشَعُ ٱبْنُ نُونٍ '' Yūšaʿ ...

and

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. The

refers to "the coast of Japhleti". "This place is now unknown".

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Lahad

Lahad, only mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:2, is the name given for a clan within the

Lehabim

Lehabim were a people descended from

Mizraim Mizraim (; cf. Arabic مصر, ''Miṣr'') is the Hebrew and Aramaic name for the land of Egypt, with the dual suffix ''-āyim'', perhaps referring to the "two Egypts": Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. Mizraim is the dual form of matzor, meaning a "moun ...

, according to Genesis 10:13, 1 Chronicles 1:11. Their exact identity is unknown, but the name may refer to Libyans. See

Lubims This list contains tribes or other groups of people named in the Bible of minor notability, about whom either nothing or very little is known, aside from any family connections. A Accaba, descendants of For the descendants of "Accaba" (1 Esd ...

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, and Ancient Libya.

Lubims

The Lubims in the Old Testament were the Libyans, an African nation under tribute to Egypt (; ). Their territory was apparently near Egypt. They were probably the Mizraite Lehabim.

M

Maacathites

The term Maacathite, Maachathite, or Maachathi is used to refer to the people of

Maacah Maacah (or Maakah; he, ''Maʿăḵā'', "crushed"; Maacha in the Codex Alexandrinus, Maachah in the KJV) is a non-gender-specific personal name used in the Bible to refer to a number of people. *A child of Abraham's brother Nachor, evidently a ...

Magbish, descendants of

The descendants iterally, ''sons''of Magbish is the name given to a group of 156 people listed in Ezra 2:30 as returning from the Babylonian captivity with

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. This group is absent from the parallel list in Nehemiah 7.

Mahavites

"Eliel the Mahavite" (Hebrew ''eliel hammahavim'') is a figure who appears in some translations of the Bible at 1 Chronicles 11:46. However, due to the plural form of the word translated Mahavite, the ''Encyclopaedia Biblica'' suggests that some mistake has occurred at some point in the history of the text, and that the translation "Eliel the Mahavite" "cannot be legitimately obtained from the present state of the text."

Malchielites

The Malchielites were a group within the

, who according to 1 Chronicles 7:31, were descended from

Asher Asher ( he, אָשֵׁר ''’Āšēr''), in the Book of Genesis, was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Zilpah (Jacob's eighth son) and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Asher. Name The text of the Torah states that the name of ''Asher' ...

's grandson Malchiel.

Manahathites

Manahathites (

spelling Manahethites) were a group mentioned in 1 Chronicles 2:52 and 54, in a genealogical passage concerning the descendants of Caleb of the

. Chronicles attributes half of the Manahathites to descent from Shobal and the rest to Salma, both of them being descendants of Caleb. Their name is related to the Manahath son of Shobal the Horite, who is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 1:40.

Maon

Maon, according to Judges 10:12, were a people who, along with the Sidonians and Amalek, oppressed the people of Israel. There is also a location known as Maon mentioned several times in the Bible, but the people by that name are mentioned nowhere but the passage in Judges.

Meunim

The term Meunim (archaically spelled Mehunim, Mehunims) is used in Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah. In 2 Chronicles 26:7, the Meunim appear in a list of Philistine peoples conquered by king

Uzziah Uzziah (; he, עֻזִּיָּהוּ ''‘Uzzīyyāhū'', meaning "my strength is Yah"; el, Ὀζίας; la, Ozias), also known as Azariah (; he, עֲזַרְיָה ''‘Azaryā''; el, Αζαρίας; la, Azarias), was the tenth king of t ...

. In 1 Chronicles 4:40-41, people from the

Tribe of Simeon According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Simeon (; he, ''Šīm‘ōn'', "hearkening/listening/understanding/empathizing") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The Book of Judges locates its territory inside the boundaries of the Tribe of ...

are held to have exterminated "descendants of Ham" and Meunim living east of the Jordan. Finally, Ezra 2:50 and the parallel passage in Nehemiah 7:52 list Meunim among groups of Nethinim returning to

following the end of the Babylonian captivity.

Mezobaites

''For the term Mesobaite or Mezobaite, see Jaasiel.''

Mishraites

The Mishraites, mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 2:53, where a clan said by

the Chronicler The Chronicler is the author, or group of authors, to whom biblical scholars have attributed the composition of the Books of Chronicles, the Book of Ezra, and the Book of Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;Babylonian captivity.

Mithnites

In 1 Chronicles 11:43, a man is referred as "Joshaphat the Mithnite."

N

Naphtuhim

Naphtuhim were a people descended from

, according to Genesis 10:13, 1 Chronicles 1:11.

Nephisim

The sons of Nephisim (Nephusim, Nephishesim, Nephushesim) were, according to the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, one of the groups of

. The

Qere and Ketiv Qere and Ketiv, from the Aramaic ''qere'' or ''q're'', ("hat isread") and ''ketiv'', or ''ketib'', ''kethib'', ''kethibh'', ''kethiv'', ("hat iswritten"), also known as "q're uchsiv" or "q're uchtiv," refers to a system for marking differences b ...

system for recording variants gives the forms "Nephisim" and "Nephusim" in Ezra 2:50, and "Nephishesim" and "Nephushesim" in Nehemiah 7:52. These forms appear in two forms of a list of people brought by Ezra from the exile in Babylonia to their homeland in Yehud Medinata.

Neziah

The sons of Neziah, according to Ezra 2:54 and Nehemiah 7:56, a group of people who, among others, returned with Ezra from the Babylonian captivity.

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Padon

The descendants of Padon or sons of Padon (Hebrew ''bnei Padon'') are a group who appear in two versions of the list of returnees to Judah according to the books of Ezra (2:44) and Nehemiah (7:47). In keeping with other Hebrew names of the form ''bnei X'', the ''bnei Padon'' might be translated as ''descendants of Padon,'' ''sons of Padon,'' or ''people of Padon.'' No further information about any person or group the name "Padon" appears in the Bible.

Paltites

One person called a Paltite appears in the Bible "Helez the Paltite" (2 Samuel 23:26), one of

David's Mighty Warriors David's Mighty Warriors (also known as David's Mighty Men or the Gibborim; ''hagGībōrīm'', "The Mighty Ones") are a group of 37 men in the Hebrew Bible who fought with King David and are identified in , part of the "supplementary information" ...

. The name might either identify him as coming from the location Beth Pelet (Hebrew for "House of Pelet"), or else might identify him as a member of the clan named Pelet, identified with Caleb in 1 Chronicles 2:47.

Parosh

The descendants of Parosh or sons of Parosh (Hebrew ''bnei Parosh'') are mentioned several times in the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah (Ezra 2:3; 8:3; 10:25; Nehemiah 7:8). As with other Hebrew terms of the form ''bnei X'', the ''bnei Parosh'' might be translated as ''descendants of Parosh,'' ''sons of Parosh,'' or ''people of Parosh.'' A person by the name of Pedaiah, described as a "son of Parosh" appears in Nehemiah 3:25, is listed among those who helped rebuild the wall of Jerusalem. A mention of the name "Parosh (Hebrew פרעש, "flea")" also appears in Nehemiah 10:14.

Pelonites

Two individuals are identified by the term "Pelonite" in the

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versions of the list of

(1 Chronicles 11:27, 36; 27:10). The term "Pelonite" occurs only here, while Helez is identified in 2 Samuel 23:26 as a Paltite. Because of the earlier form "Paltite," which is likely related to Beth Pelet and/or Pelet, most scholars believe that Pelonite is a scribal error, and that " Paltite" is the original term.

Perida

The descendants of Perida are listed as one group of Solomon's servants in Nehemiah 7:57. The name appears as Peruda in Ezra 2:55.

Pochereth

The descendants of Pochereth of Zebaaim are listed as one group of Solomon's servants in Ezra 2:57 and Nehemiah 7:59.

Punites

The Punites, according to Numbers 26:23, were a clan descended from Puah, in the

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Reaiah

Reaiah is a name which occurs several times in the

. In a nearby passage, another Reaiah is listed as a "son" of Joel, who is placed in a genealogy of the

Tribe of Reuben According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Reuben () was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Unlike the majority of the tribes, the land of Reuben, along with that of Gad and half of Manasseh, was on the eastern side of the Jordan and shared a ...

, but whose relationship to Reuben is not clearly specified (1 Chronicles 5:5, the King James Version spells the name Reaia here). Later, in Ezra-Nehemiah, a group known as the "sons of Reaiah" appear in two versions of a list of clans of the

(Ezra 2:47, Nehemiah 7:50).

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Sardites

According to Numbers 26:26, the Sardites were a clan within the tribe of Zebulun, named after Zebulun's son Sered.

Senaah

The sons of Senaah (Hebrew ''bnei Senaah'' or ''bnei ha-Senaah'') are a group who appear in Ezra and Nehemiah, in two versions of a list of returnees from the Babylonian captivity. According to Ezra 2:35 there were 3,630 members of this group; Nehemiah 7:38 gives the figure 3,930. Nehemiah 3:3, in a listing of various groups involved in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem, has them working on its Fish Gate.

Shaalbonites

The term Shaalbonite is mentioned in passing in two biblical passages, both of which list an "Eliahba the Shaalbonite" as one of

(2 Samuel 23:32, 1 Chronicles 11:33). See Shaalbim.

Shalmai, descendants of

In the lists of clans in Ezra 2 and Nehemiah 7, the "descendants of Shalmai" (literally, "sons of Shalmai") are listed as one of the groups who returned from the Babylonian captivity to Judah (Ezra 2:46, Nehemiah 7:48).

Sinites

Sinites were a people descended from

Canaan, son of Ham Canaan ( – ''Kənáʿan'', in pausa – ''Kənā́ʿan''), according to the ''Book of Genesis'' in the Hebrew Bible, was a son of Ham and grandson of Noah, as well as the father of the Canaanites. Etymology The English term ''Canaan'' ...

, according to Genesis 10:17 and 1 Chronicles 1:15. Most authorities however consider the identity of Sinites uncertain, but that they are possibly a people from the northern part of Lebanon where there are various localities with similar names, such as ''Sinna'', ''Sinum'' or ''Sini'', and ''Syn''. Medieval biblical exegete

Saadia Gaon Saʻadiah ben Yosef Gaon ( ar, سعيد بن يوسف الفيومي ''Saʻīd bin Yūsuf al-Fayyūmi''; he, סַעֲדְיָה בֶּן יוֹסֵף אַלְפַיּוּמִי גָּאוֹן ''Saʿăḏyāh ben Yōsēf al-Fayyūmī Gāʾōn''; ...

identified the Sinites with the indigenous peoples of Tripoli, in Lebanon.

Solomon's servants

A group called the descendants of Solomon's servants appears in Ezra and Nehemiah. They appear in Ezra 2 (55-58) in a list of returnees from the Babylonian captivity to

. They are listed after the

and before a list of returnees who could not prove their genealogical origins. A copy of the same list, with some minor differences, can be found in Nehemiah 7:57-60. In both lists, a total number of 392 people is given, including both the descendants of Solomon's servants and the Nethinim. Nehemiah 11:3 lists them as one of the five classes of persons living in Yehud Medinata: "Israel, the priests, the Levites, the Nethinim, and the descendants of Solomon's servants." Many scholars have noted a large number of non-Hebrew names both in the lists for Nethinim and "descendants of Solomon's servants," and scholars have connected both groups to biblical traditions about non-Israelite (Canaanite, Gibeonite, and/or Hivite) people being forced into slavery by

and Solomon.

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Zemarites

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'' Zemarites were descendants of

, according to Genesis 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 1:16. The Zemarites are thought to have inhabited Sumur, a city near the coast of present-day Syria, although biblical exegete

held that they formerly inhabited the Syrian town of Homs.

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