Person Old Testament
Hod
Hod was a descendant of Asher, mentioned in the genealogy of the tribe of Asher. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 7:37.
Why it matters. A descendant of Asher.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Hod
Hod is mentioned in 1Ch.7.37 as one of the descendants of Asher, the eighth son of Israel (or 'Jacob'). He is listed in the genealogy of the tribe of Asher, which is one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
In the genealogy, Hod is identified as the son of Shamma, who was the son of Zophah, who was the son of Helem, who was the son of Beriah, who was the son of Asher.
No other information is provided about Hod in the Bible, apart from his mention in this genealogy. The purpose of the genealogies in Chronicles was to establish the lineage and inheritance rights of the tribes and families of Israel, particularly in relation to their roles in religious and political leadership.
As a descendant of Asher, Hod would have been part of the tribe that settled in the coastal region of Canaan, north of Mount Carmel, after the Israelites conquered the Promised Land under the leadership of Joshua.
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.
- Parents
- Zophah
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
1 Chronicles (1 verse)