Person Old Testament
Helah
Helah was one of the two wives of Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, from the tribe of Judah. Mentioned in 2 verses across 1 book, first at 1 Chronicles 4:5.
Why it matters. One of the two wives of Ashhur.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Helah
Helah is mentioned in the genealogy of Judah in 1 Chronicles as one of the two wives of Ashhur, the father of Tekoa. Ashhur's other wife was Naarah (1Ch.4.5). Helah gave birth to Zereth, Izhar, Ethnan, and Koz (1Ch.4.7). No further information is provided about Helah in the Bible. (1Ch.4.5,7).
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Spouse
- Ashhur
Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.