חַטּוּשׁ

Strong’s Definition

Chattush, the name of four or five Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

from an unused root of uncertain signification;

KJV Usage

Hattush.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.a descendant of david, apparently one of the sons of shechaniah, in the 4th or 5th generation from zerubbabel
• 2.a man who returned with ezra; maybe same as 1 above
• 3.a man who returned with zerubbabel; maybe same as 1 above
• 4.son of hashabniah who helped repair the walls of jerusalem with nehemiah

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Chaṭṭûwsh; Pronunciation: khat-toosh'