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    3 others in the registry answer to the name Mesha. Every Mesha in the Bible

    person

    Mesha

    מֵישָׁע

    Mesha, a son of Caleb, was the father (ie founder) of Ziph.

    verses
    1
    first named
    1 Chronicles 2:42
    last named
    1 Chronicles 2:42
    period
    Egypt and Wilderness
    tribe
    Judah

    Description

    Who was Mesha?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Mesha was a son of Caleb, the son of Hezron from the tribe of Judah. He founded (or fathered) Ziph. (1Ch.2.42).

    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.

    How the graph connects Mesha10 of 21 entities the graph connects to Mesha, in one group: kinship 10. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.HurSibling of · 12 versesCalebChild of · 10 versesAchsahSibling of · 1 verseArdonSibling of · 1 verseEphahSibling of · 1 verseGazezSibling of · 1 verseGeshanSibling of · 1 verseHaranSibling of · 1 verseJeriothChild of · 1 verseJesherSibling of · 1 verseMesha

    The 10 best-attested of 21 are drawn. All 21 are listed below.

    Child of

    • Calebregistry, no verse
    • Jeriothregistry, no versewhich bearer is the source’s decision

    Father of

    Sibling of

    • Achsahregistry, no verse
    • Ardonregistry, no verse
    • Ephahregistry, no versewhich bearer is the source’s decision
    • Gazezregistry, no verse
    • Geshanregistry, no versewhich bearer is the source’s decision
    • Haranregistry, no verse
    • Hurregistry, no verse
    • Jesherregistry, no verse
    • Jothamregistry, no versewhich bearer is the source’s decision
    • Mozaregistry, no verse
    • Peletregistry, no versewhich bearer is the source’s decision
    • Regemregistry, no versewhich bearer is the source’s decision
    • Shaaph — first named at 1 Chronicles 2:47registry, no versewhich bearer is the source’s decision
    • Shaaph — first named at 1 Chronicles 2:49registry, no verse
    • Sheberregistry, no verse
    • Shevaregistry, no verse
    • Shobabregistry, no verse
    • Tirhanahregistry, no verse

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Mesha happensThe one place the claims about Mesha reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Ziph. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Mesha there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Ziph
    Egypt and WildernessThe one place the claims about Mesha reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — one, across 1 book.

    1. 1 Chronicles1 verse

      2:42

    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.

    via Caleb and Ephah, and 5 moreJahdaiDescendant of Caleb, son of Jephunneh.via Caleb and Shaaph, and 3 moreMaacahCaleb's concubine; mother of Sheber and Tirhanahvia Ardon and Caleb, and 2 moreAzubahWife of Caleb and mother of Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.via Caleb and Gazez, and 2 moreEphahCaleb's concubine and mother of three sons.via MareshahHebronSon of Mareshah, from the tribe of Judah.via Caleb and HurEphrathahA wife of Caleb and founder of Bethlehem.via Caleb and HurJudahIsraelite tribe, kingdom, and provincevia HaranGazezGrandson of Caleb through Haranvia ShaaphMadmannahDescendant of Caleb, son of Hezron

    Sources

    What this rests on