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(Heb. Chotham', çåֹúָí , a seal or signet ring, as in Exo_28:12, etc.; Sept. ×ùèÜì , Vulg. Hothanz), the name of two men.
1. One of the sons of Heber, the grandson of Asher (1Ch_7:32). B.C. cir. 1658. He is probably the same with HELEM, whose sons are enumerated in 1Ch_7:35, and grandsons in 1Ch_7:36-37.
2. An Axoerite, and father of Shama and Jehiel, two of David's champions (1Ch_11:44, where the name is Anglicized “Hothan,” after the Sept. ×ùèÜí ). B.C. 1046.